A total of 14.4 million people were estimated to be in poverty in the UK in 2021-22, including 4.2 million children, with an increasing number unable to afford food or pay their energy bills, an analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found.
In a situation described as social failure at scale, 6 million are living in very deep poverty, defined as being below 40 per cent of the median income after housing costs.
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