THERE are more than a million children of key workers living in poverty in Britain, a shocking new report reveals.

The research, conducted for the TUC by Landman Economics, found that, in some regions, more than a quarter of young people in essential-worker households are experiencing hardship.

Key worker families in the north-east of England have the highest rate of child poverty, 29 per cent, just ahead of London’s 27 per cent, while a quarter of such families in the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions are affected.