The long-term impacts of poverty are a ticking health time bomb

* Denying people basic human needs for the sake of saving a few [pounds] now is a false economy -– the long-term impacts of poverty are a ticking health time bomb.*

We know that growing up deprived can stunt a child, physically or mentally. So I've taken the stand that we must give every child what children need to grow up well.

The article linked above shows that poverty does lasting harm to adults, too.