There are more than 4,033 children in Lincoln living in poverty, 22% of children in the city, according to figures released by the End Child Poverty campaign.
In a report, the campaign stats found the Glebe ward to have the highest percentage of children living in poverty at 31%.
The Abbey (24%), Birchwood (28%), Castle (23%), Minster (24%), Moorland (28%) and Park (25%) wards also had high rates of children in poverty.
The figures for Lincoln also reflect the 2012 health profile for the area from NHS, which also found more than 4,000 children live in poverty in the city.
Across Lincolnshire, North Kesteven has 1,823 children in poverty (8%), East Lindsey
has 4,876 (19%), West Lindsey has 2,466 (13%), South Kesteven has 3,130 (11%), South Holland has 2,306 (13%) and 2,195 in Boston (16%).
The highest levels of child poverty were found in Manchester (47%), Belfast (43%)
Glasgow (43%) and Birmingham and Liverpool (42%).
Enver Solomon, Chair of the End Child Poverty campaign, said: “Local authorities are having to deal with reduced budgets but they have critical decisions to make.
“We’re calling on authorities to prioritise low-income families in the decisions they make about local welfare spending, including spending on the new council tax benefit, and on protecting families hit by the bedroom tax.”
Ric Metcalfe, Leader of the City of Lincoln Council, said: “As far as we are concerned there is still a serious problem in Lincoln when it comes to child poverty, which is made worse by the new benefit changes.
“We have got a dedicated team in City Hall who are looking to give people advice about how they can cope with some of these benefit changes.
“Within the very limited amount of discretion allowed to us, we have tried to use this to protect people and have decided not to pass on government cuts in council tax benefit.”
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Can you help us identify the woman in these CCTV images?
We are appealing for help to identify the woman shown in these CCTV images following a theft that occurred on Wednesday 22 June in Grimsby.
A 92-year-old woman was walking through Freshney Place Shopping centre, Grimsby when it is believed that her purse was taken from her shopping trolley.
The woman in these images we believe may be able to assist with our investigations and we would ask anyone who believes they recognise her to please contact us on our non-emergency 101 line quoting log 246 of 23 June.
A retired fire engine that used to operate in Grimsby was used in Ukraine to help combat a missile attack on a shopping centre, which the G7 has described as a ‘war crime’ by Russia.
On Monday, footage emerged of a missile striking a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky claiming is is evidence of a deliberate attack by Russia.
At least 20 people were killed and around 56 were injured following the incident, with G7 leaders saying the attack is considered a war crime. More than 1,000 people were inside the building when it was hit by the missile.
A familiar looking fire engine can be seen in video footage of the blaze shared across news outlets and social media platforms, in the form of an old Humberside Fire & Rescue vehicle.
Large shopping mall in Kremenchuk with hundreds of civilians inside has been hit by a Russian strike. Russia is a disgrace to humanity and it must face consequences. The response should be more heavy arms for Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia, and more businesses leaving Russia. pic.twitter.com/Uvi6fbyShK
The fire engine used to operate here in North East Lincolnshire, covering Grimsby and Immingham, and it is one of many vehicles sent out by Humberside Fire & Rescue to various countries across Europe in recent years.
Fire Aid recently sent a convoy of around 75 vehicles, equipment and clothing to Ukraine to help provide resources for recovery.
At least 20 people were killed in the incident. | Photo: BBC Look North
Area manager Matthew Sutcliffe told BBC Look North: “We’ve sent a number of fire engines since 2015 over there. These are end of life fire engines for us in Humberside, so we share them across Eastern Europe where we can.
“It’s an absolute tragedy what we saw yesterday. Firefighters there were using one of our old fire engines to protect the property but also save lives.”
"Absolute terrorism" – says @ZelenskyyUa and publishes a video of a deliberate missile strike on the Kremenchuk shopping center with people inside. Russian propaganda always lies: there is no coincidence, it is a deliberate blow to intimidate the population and mass victims. pic.twitter.com/Gx1f90cMta
During a regular nightly address to the nation on Monday, president Zelensky said: “The Russian missile hit this very object, purposefully. Obviously, that was the order. It is obvious that Russian assassins received such coordinates for this missile.
“They wanted to kill as many people as possible in a peaceful city, in a regular shopping mall.”
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