Hundreds marched through central London yesterday calling on the government to end child poverty.
The 'Keep the Promise' march, was organised by the Campaign to End Child Poverty, a coalition of 120 organisations, and included many children who gathered at Millbank before marching to Trafalgar Square for a rally.
Before the march, representatives from the group met Gordon Brown at Downing Street. After the meeting he repeated a pledge to impose a legal duty on government to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
The coalition's report last week said more than one third of UK children live in low-income families or in poverty. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who attended the rally, said that was 'shameful'. The campaign defines poverty as when a family has £10 per person per day or less to live on. read