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BRITAIN has seen a “shameful increase” in destitution, with around one million children affected last year, a damning new report has revealed.
According to research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, across Britain, an estimated 3.8 million people were suffering destitution last year.
Almost two-and-a-half times more people are suffering now than in 2017, with nearly three times as many youngsters affected, the report says.
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