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Levels of child poverty will not improve by 2030

On the current trajectory, rates of child poverty in the UK will not improve for the rest of the decade and the number of children attending school hungry is likely to rise, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.
No end in sight: In the UK, 14.3 million people live in poverty, including 8.1 million working adults and 4.3 million children - Adobe Stock

The charity says that the figures around poverty have become “wearily familiar”, and mask the reality of families “who face a constant battle just to afford basic items” .

The annual poverty report from the foundation finds that 14.3 million people in the UK live in poverty (21%), including 8.1 million working adults and 4.3 million children (30%) – with 17% of children living in “persistent poverty”.

Within this, around 44% of children in lone-parent families live in poverty compared with 26% of those in couple families. The report adds: “Adults and children in lone-parent families are by far the most likely of any family types to be struggling with poverty.”

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