Revealed... The true scale of poverty in our region

THE government’s ‘Levelling Up’ agenda is failing Greater Manchester, a new study says.

- LYELL TWEED

The Greater Manchester Poverty Action’s (GMPA) Poverty Monitor has collected troubling data which shows high levels of poverty in different areas of the city-region – and it’s likely to get worse.

With the deepening cost of living crisis hitting families' pockets hard as inflation continues to soar and energy bills look set to rise again, more families and children are being pushed into poverty, the monitor says.