Article 3VEGQ Poorest 30% of UK households 'worse off by £50 to £150' last year

Poorest 30% of UK households 'worse off by £50 to £150' last year

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Phillip Inman
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Thinktank says since 2010 child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures show

Britain's poorest 30% of households saw an end to their post financial crash recovery last year as inflation and cuts to in-work benefits outweighed wage rises to leave them as much as 150 worse off.

The Resolution Foundation, an independent thinktank, said its audit of income and poverty levels for 2017-2018 found that income growth slowed for all households last year.

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