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Dame Helen Mirren warns up to 300,000 UK children may lack winter coats due to poverty and rising costs, urging coat donations and policy change.
Dame Helen Mirren has voiced alarm over up to 300,000 children in the UK potentially lacking winter coats, citing poverty and rising living costs as key drivers.
Based on Barnardo’s research using survey data and government statistics, around 2.2 million parents struggle to afford warm clothing for their children, with 15% of parents anticipating difficulty buying coats and 2% of children reporting none.
The charity’s frontline staff have observed many families without essential clothing, and Mirren, drawing from her own post-war upbringing, emphasized the emotional toll on families.
Barnardo’s is urging public donations of gently used coats and advocating for the removal of the two-child benefit cap ahead of the upcoming Budget.
Dame Helen Mirren advierte que hasta 300.000 niños del Reino Unido pueden carecer de abrigos de invierno debido a la pobreza y al aumento de los costos, instando a las donaciones de abrigos y al cambio de política.