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100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows
Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Anti-poverty charities call on government to introduce ‘Essentials Guarantee’ as food bank usage soars
It would be the first time since the welfare state was created that social security rates were based on what people need, and how much living essentials actually cost.
Universal credit cuts will have ‘deep and far-reaching impact’, says poverty charity
'To give people enough relief to offset their problems, even just a little bit, and then to take it away, feels cruel,' says one victim of the cuts.
Low-income voters have ‘increasing power’ in upcoming election – report
59% of low-income voters who did not vote in 2017 say they will next time round.
Over half of those in poverty are now from working households – work isn’t paying in Tory Britain
Stagnating wages and Tory austerity have forced millions of working families into poverty.
Britain’s struggling voters won’t put up with inequality much longer
Extreme levels of poverty are making our politics far more volatile