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CHILD poverty has hit a record high with three-quarters of the struggling children living in working households, according to government figures released today.
On the eve of the first lockdown in March 2020, a record 14.5 million people were living in “relative poverty” — below 60 per cent of the average household income after housing costs — latest Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows.
The number of children living in “relative poverty” hit 4.3m in March 2020 — a rise of about 200,000, double the increase of the year before.
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