Poorest 30% of UK households 'worse off by £50 to £150' last year
by Phillip Inman from on (#3VEGQ)
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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