BRADFORD has the highest child poverty rate in the region, amid warnings the pandemic will push more families into poverty. In Bradford, 48,100 children aged under 16 were living in families with low incomes in 2019-20, Department for Work and Pensions data shows – an estimated 38 per cent of all youngsters in the area. That was up from 35 per cent the year before, and the largest proportion in the whole of Yorkshire and The Humber. With child poverty hitting high levels across the UK, charities are urging the Government to take action to prevent more families from falling into hardship when the crisis ends.