SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin said child poverty rates were among the highest in the UK. "I come from a constituency where the child poverty rate sits at 23 per cent - one of the highest in the UK. We have talked about the regional balance of our economy, but surely we need interventions in areas most affected by poverty,” said Ms. McLaughlin during a private members’ debate at Stormont. Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson said: “As a colleague on my left mentioned, in my constituency in Derry, more than... Read this story
