We are the children of austerity..put us in charge
Daily Mirror UK|June 25, 2024
What changes would our panel of teenagers make?
ROS WYNNE-JONES
We are the children of austerity..put us in charge

THEY are Austerity's Children, born after 2010 account for 3.4 million of Britain's 4.3 million children in poverty.

After months of chatting to them for a Daily Mirror project, it's become clear these young people aged 13 and 14 have been starkly affected by more than a decade of Tory rule.

But what if they had the keys to Downing Street? Our project, Year 9 in No10, asked exactly this question.

And after 14 years of seeing public services run down, communities neglected and climate pledges abandoned, these young people have one thing in common: They want change.

This story is from the June 25, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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