You and I are two datapoints. As we speak, there are millions of kids in UK without enough to eat. UK is a first world country, and this should not be happening.
It's not that the parents are exploiting their children to fund their lifestyles, it's that they really have little to no income because people are living on poverty.
The government is not working for the average person, and it is beyond me why so many people in England still vote for Torries after so many years of ineptitude on public display.