Children in England’s most deprived areas ‘less likely to achieve development goals by age five’
Unicef UK found they were over twice as far from target of 75% of pre-schoolers reaching ‘good level of development’Children in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to achieve good developmental goals by the age of five, according to the aid agency Unicef UK, which has urged ministers to lift the two-child benefit cap.A report by the UN agency mapped every local authority area across England measuring its level of deprivation and a range of early childhood health and educational outcomes such as oral health, weight and A&E attendance. Continue reading...
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Unicef UK found they were over twice as far from target of 75% of pre-schoolers reaching ‘good level of development’
Children in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to achieve good developmental goals by the age of five, according to the aid agency Unicef UK, which has urged ministers to lift the two-child benefit cap.
A report by the UN agency mapped every local authority area across England measuring its level of deprivation and a range of early childhood health and educational outcomes such as oral health, weight and A&E attendance. Continue reading...
