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Does Northern Ireland have the highest rate of child poverty in the UK?
2 May 2023
On 3 April, in a column for the Irish Times, campaigner Emma de Souza claimed: “Northern Ireland has the highest levels of child poverty in
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Does the UK have more food banks than McDonald’s?
24 October 2022
Finding out the exact number of food banks in the UK is difficult. However, even by low estimates, there are far more food banks than
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Children living in poverty in Northern Ireland
25 February 2021
How many children in Northern Ireland live in poverty? Dr Julie-Ann Maney, a paediatrician who works at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, wrote Economy
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Is a food bank feeding 1 in 5 in Enniskillen?
29 August 2019
This claim is inaccurate. A formula by Trussell Trust results in 1,079 delivered food bank parcels representing an estimated 540 unique users. This would represent
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Are half of the people in Fermanagh and Omagh living in poverty?
12 February 2019
This claim is inaccurate. 25.1% of people in Fermanagh and Omagh lived in relative and/or absolute poverty, from 2012-15. The claim was corrected by the
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