The impact of child poverty and inequality - the UK retains one of the highest levels of income inequality in the developed world - is explored in a new Channel 4 documentary. In Rich Kid - Poor Kid, children in Britain are described living in more fear and ignorance of each other. The well-off are ferried around by car, told not to walk down the wrong street. Poorer children are told they are worth less in comparison with others and labelled as failures in a country where we avidly count academic qualifications. The film by Zac Beattie allows the ‘rich kid’ and ‘poor kid’ brought together in the film, to flush out the issues and concerns and confront their differences.

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13 November 2008
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