More than 7 million people in the UK have been in poverty for the last years

News24xx.com -  From the study that done by the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) revealed more than  14,000,000people in the UK living in poverty. The SMC, which describes itself as an independent, non-partisan organisation, was develop what it says is a new approach to poverty measurement that ‘better reflects the nature and experiences of poverty that different families in the UK have’. 

The study said that 8.4 million working-age adults, 4.5 million children and 1.4 million pensioners are living below the poverty line in Britain. And nearly half of those people – 6.9 million – are living in families with a disabled person.

It found 68% of people living in workless families are in poverty.

The research, which took place over two and a half years, also found that 2.5 million people in the UK are at risk of falling into poverty. They are less than 10% which above the poverty line, meaning just small changes in their circumstance.

The commission’s research is the first to include groups of people previously omitted from poverty statistics, like those living on the streets or in overcrowded housing, SMC chair Baroness Stroud said.

The report also revealed ‘some areas of good news’ with far fewer pensioners living in poverty than previously thought following a ‘significant fall’ in pensioner poverty over the last 15 years. 

Poverty rates were also significantly varied across the UK. 

In Scotland there are fewer people in poverty than in other UK countries, while Welsh poverty rates are typically higher than in other countries. England has the highest child poverty rate, the report stated. 

 

 

 

 

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