Soap, shampoo and toothpaste considered 'luxury items' amid soaring poverty in UK, ex-PM says

Brown: Action needed now for millions of children in poverty

The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says millions of British children have only known life in poverty - and he's called for a Government rescue plan to help them. Brown has warned that food banks are increasingly taking over from the welfare state and called for urgent action by the current government. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn