13-11-2015 11:16 via news.yahoo.com

Child poverty grows in Spain despite economic rebound

By Sonya Dowsett MURCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain is facing rising levels of child poverty as its economic recovery fails to bridge a growing gulf between rich and poor, storing up problems for an already-strained social security system. While the country has emerged from recession and become one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe, more than one in three children - or 2.6 million - are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to latest EU figures. High levels of long-term unemplo
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