Number of people in poverty in working families hits record high
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About 14m struggling to make ends meet.
By Phillip Inman
The proportion of people living in poverty who are in a working family has hit a record high, according to a report that shows rising levels of employment have failed to translate into higher living standards.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said that while paid employment reduces the risk of poverty, about 56% of people living in poverty in 2018 were in a household where at least one person had a job, compared with 39% 20 years ago.
Seven in 10 children in poverty are now in a working family, the charity’s annual UK poverty report found.
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