How has life changed for Manchesterâs poorest children in 200 years?
The Guardian started life with a report on child poverty in Manchester, which is still grappling with the problem today. Composite: Christopher Thomond/Guardian Design/Getty
The Guardian started life with a report on child poverty in Manchester, which is still grappling with the problem today. Composite: Christopher Thomond/Guardian Design/Getty
Between the billionaire football clubs and luxury flats, many are still struggling in the city of the Guardianâs birth
Wed 5 May 2021 02.00 EDT
Two hundred years ago, the first edition of the Manchester Guardian carried shock figures that revealed the true extent of child poverty in the city. Leaked by a source identified as âNHâ, they showed that official estimates of 8,000 children receiving free education â a proxy term for poverty â were wildly inaccurate. In fact, there were almost 25,000.