This new study from The Joseph Rowntree Foundation makes for a depressing read.
While there may have been some (relatively minor) recent reductions....Around one in five of the UK's population (20%) were in still poverty in 2020/21;
that's 13.4 million people. Of these:
7.9 million were working-age adults
3.9 million were children
1.7 million were pensioners.
This should be the top of the #political agenda for the foreseeable future but it won't be...
https://www.jrf.org.uk/work/uk-poverty-2023-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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