New report suggests costs-of-living crisis could harm literacy levels, with 51% of parents saying books are too expensive
Almost one in five (18.6%) UK children between the ages of five and eight do not have access to books at home, new research has revealed.
According to a report by the National Literacy Trust, the percentage of children in this age group who do not have a book of their own at home has risen by 1.9% since before the pandemic and is now at its highest point since 2019.
