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Child poverty statistics declared an “outrage and a scandal”
Jack Peat - 04 December 2018
New statistics that show a third of children are living in poverty have been declared an “outrage and a scandal” by Labour MP David Lammy.
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealed half a million more people are “trapped” in poverty than five years ago, with 14 million people living in poverty across the whole of the UK.
Over half of those classed as in poverty are working age adults, alongside 4.1 million are children and 1.9 million are pensioners.... See more
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