Day: December 10, 2016

In-work poverty hits record levels

In 21st century Britain one in eight workers now lives in poverty 

One in every eight workers in the UK – 3.8 million people – is now living in poverty. A total of 7.4 million people, including 2.6 million children, are in poverty despite being in a working family. This means that a record high of 55 per cent of people in poverty are in working households.

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