In return, Danes, with a krone of their own (both countries belong to the European Union, but neither uses the euro), are increasingly taking the Oresund bridge-and-tunnel into Sweden to buy low-taxed children's shoes and clothing.
It draws on earlier research from Save the Children which detailed the effects of poverty on UK children's wellbeing, with parents cutting back on food (61%), skipping meals (26%), not replacing children's outgrown shoes (19%) and winter coats (14%), missing school trips (19%) and having to borrow to make ends meet (80%).