THOUSANDS of parents are not earning enough to provide their children with the minimum standard of living, a children’s charity reported yesterday.

A Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) study showed that people on minimum-wage full-time work still fall 18 per cent short of the basic amount needed to properly feed and cloth their families.

In 2014, having a child could have a basic cost of almost £200 a week — an 11.4 per cent rise in the last two years.