Child poverty hits record high in UK with nearly 4.5 million in low income households (www.independent.co.uk)

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The number of children living in poverty across the UK has reached a new record high, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Some 4.45 million children were estimated to be in households in relative low income, after housing costs, in the year to March 2024.

This is up from the previous record of 4.33 million in the 12 months to March 2023. It is the highest figure since comparable records for the UK began in 2002-2003.

A household is considered to be in relative poverty if it is below 60 per cent of the median income after housing costs.

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[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 5 days ago

Not to worry, Rachel Reeves fantastic plan to decimate the welfare state will take care of this issue - and as an added bonus vastly inflate the value of funeral businesses across the country! Win-win!

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 9 points 5 days ago

Been calling them Red Tories since 2019, this feels perhaps more vindicating of that sentiment than anything yet.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

You're kidding but this is actually true. Investing in funeral parlors and similar services is probably a good idea right now; first the excessive dying of the poors, then war. It's going to be a golden age for gravediggers.

[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure that I was, which is even more depressing to realise.

[-] NotLemming@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Theres also the new right to die, for those inconvenient disabled who won't get a job

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