A new map reveals the extent of the UK's poverty crisis, showing that half of children live below the poverty line in the hardest-hit areas. Data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals that 14.4 million people, or 22% of the population, are living in poverty. The report highlights the disproportionate impact of welfare policies on larger families and lone parents, calling on the government to take action to address the growing crisis.
A MAP has laid bare the UK's poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas., compiled by the Sun based on data released by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shows 14.4million people - or 22% - are living in poverty.
“At the moment that system is not only failing to do its job but, worse, actively pushing some people into deeper poverty, through cruel limits and caps.”Lower down, one in five Brits in the East, South East and South West of England are out of work. “These families are disproportionately impacted by specific welfare policies such as the two-child limit and cap on benefits.”
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