Over 14 million UK citizens, including 4.3 million children, live in poverty, warns the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) reports that over 14 million people, including 4.3 million children, are living in poverty in the UK. The JRF criticizes the idea that economic growth alone can solve poverty, urging the government to implement targeted policies like removing the two-child benefit cap and adjusting Universal Credit rates. The charity warns that without action, child poverty could affect one in three children by 2029.
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