evidence: JRF’s previous annual report, UK Poverty 2022, covered to the end of 2019-20 and found that 31% of all UK children were living in poverty, a higher rate than in any NI local authority area. [...] The coalition’s figures – which were published last July, and cover 2019-20 – state that 24% of NI children live in poverty, compared with 21% in Scotland, 34% in Wales and 29% in England. A breakdown of the nine English regions is also provided. The South East and the East Midlands both have the same percentage as NI (24%), while the other seven regions are all higher. Five of the regions have child poverty rates of 30% or higher – including London at 35% and the North East at 38%.