Poverty costs UK £78bn a year, Joseph Rowntree Foundation says
The effects of poverty in the UK cost the average taxpayer 1,200 a year, and the UK 78bn in total, with the NHS bearing the brunt, a report suggests.The effects of poverty in the UK cost the average taxpayer 1,200 a year, and the UK 78bn in total, with the NHS bearing the brunt, a report suggests.