‘Social failure at scale’ as millions living far below poverty line in UK
by Aine Fox
Jan 23, 2024
4 minutes
Six million of the poorest people in the UK would need to more than double their income to escape poverty, according to a new report which warns this is evidence of a “social failure at scale”.
A sustained fall in poverty has not been seen in two decades, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said, adding that the number people considered to be living in very deep poverty has risen in that period.
The charity said six million people were in very deep poverty – in households below 40% of the median income after housing costs – in 2021/22, which it said is 1.5 million
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