Almost 18 million cannot afford adequate housing and 2.5 million kids live in damp homes while 'working poor' are on the rise
The number of Britons living in poverty has soared to one in three, a shock report reveals.
Almost 18 million cannot afford adequate housing and 2.5 million kids live in damp homes.
It also shows that poverty has more than doubled in 30 years, as David Cameron allows the gap between rich and poor to become a chasm.
Furious Labour MP Frank Field branded the rise “horrendous”.
Smug ministers keep saying they are helping people out of hardship – but their claims have been shot to pieces today by shocking evidence.
In a damning verdict on the Coalition, a report has revealed that 33% of people in Britain are living below the breadline.
It means poverty has more than doubled since 1983, when the figure stood at 14%.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves said: “David Cameron’s government has completely failed to tackle poverty and deprivation.
“Child poverty is set to rise, not fall under his government. And there are more people in poverty in work than out of work.”
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