By MARTIN WILLIAMS
SUFFERING: Children in the UK are among the worst-off in the developed world, says the report. Gordon Brown once said that child poverty was a scar on the soul of Britain . Now Unicef, which says the true measure of a nation s standing is how well it treats its children, has produced a report card on 21 of the most industrialised nations of the world which shows that the UK is bottom of the class for child wellbeing. In what is understood to be the first ever three dimensional study on child welfare - taking in statistics and surveys old and new covering the attitudes and lifestyle of children - Britain was found wanting.