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1 week agoMore than 13 million living in poverty, new figures show
The UK saw a rise in relative poverty, with 13.4 million people affected, including four million children, according to new government figures.
The UK's poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in very deep poverty meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, according to analysis. Although overall relative poverty levels have flatlined in recent years at about 21% of the population, life for those below the breadline has got materially worse as they try to subsist on incomes many thousands of pounds beneath the poverty threshold.