- One in six children lives in poverty, UK statistics show, By Angela Harrison, June 13, 2013, BBC News: “At least one out of every six children in the UK lives in relative poverty, according to data released by the Department for Work and Pensions. In 2011-12, 2.3 million UK children (17%) lived in homes with substantially lower than average income. This rises to 27% (3.5 million) if measured after housing costs are paid. Children’s campaigners say the true figure is higher and that 300,000 more children live in poor homes than in the previous year. This is because there are two accepted ways of measuring poverty – relative and absolute…”
- Poverty rose by 900,000 in coalition’s first year, By Patrick Butler, June 13, 2013, The Guardian: “An additional 900,000 people were plunged into poverty during the first year of the coalition government, including 300,000 more children, according to official figures. Charities pointed out that the entire increase in children counted as in poverty in 2011-12 came from working households. Children living below the poverty line were now twice as likely to come from working families than those without employment. The situation is likely to get worse, say charities, because the statistics covered the period before a range of austerity measures and welfare cuts – including the bedroom tax and the abolition of council tax benefit – were introduced…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty