Brexit is a burning issue. But poverty is still the big one | Julia Unwin
by Julia Unwin from on (#24CDG)
Seismic shifts in the labour market have fuelled mistrust and insecurity, and left far too many 'just about managing' families teetering on the brink of disaster
Three striking trends stand out from the annual state-of-the-nation report Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). First, the inexorable rise of in-work poverty. A total of 7.4 million people are in poverty, despite being in a working family - a figure that has risen by one million over the last decade. This is despite record employment and the growth of full-time work. One in every eight workers in the UK is now living in poverty and 55% of people in poverty are in working households - a record high.
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