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Election 2026: Child poverty a 'huge red flag'
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- According to a report by Jersey Community Trust a quarter of households in Jersey are low-income households which Dr Carmel Corrigan said meant they "are in poverty".
- She said: "One of our principal concerns would be around the experience of child poverty in Jersey.
- "People are very uncomfortable with that term, and they talk about low income and low-income households - which in real terms translates into poverty.
Ammar Ebrahim Jersey political reporter BBCThe Children's commissioner, Dr Carmel Corrigan said child poverty in Jersey was a huge red flag for any society Jersey's children's commissioner says a quarter of children in Jersey being in poverty "is a huge red flag for any society".
According to a report by Jersey Community Trust a quarter of households in Jersey are low-income households which Dr Carmel Corrigan said meant they "are in poverty".
She said: "One of our principal concerns would be around the experience of child poverty in Jersey.
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