Food laid out in crates at a food bank in north London
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.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
