Thanks again to Dottie for alerting me to this:

From the Guardian two days ago:

London has England’s highest levels of child poverty, data shows – About 38% of children in London live in relative poverty, compared with 29% in England as a whole.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/child-poverty-london-housing-crisis

The equivalent figure for Glasgow, which has the highest level in Scotland, is 26%.

https://cciglasgow.org/reports/child-poverty-report-25.pdf

Child poverty in London is thus 46% more common than in Glasgow.

Why is there such a difference between these two cities?

The Scottish Child Payment (now up to £27.15/week per eligible child) has visibly reduced measured poverty in DWP data from 2021/22 onward, contributing to Scotland having lower rates than the rest of the UK in revised figures.

https://cciglasgow.org/reports/child-poverty-report-25.pdf