Fifth of key worker households have children living in poverty
TUC warns levels are ‘likely to get worse’ due to cost-of-living crisis and poor pay
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by Our Industrial Reporter @TrinderMatt
A FIFTH of key worker households have children living in poverty and the number is likely to grow due to the cost-of-living crisis and poverty pay, the TUC has warned.
Shocking new research conducted for the union confederation shows that there are 989,000 destitute young people in essential worker homes, with the figure having increased by 65,000 since 2020.
The study, which used the government definition of key workers, forecasts that the total will rise again in 2023 to 1.1 million unless Tory ministers act.
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