Government poverty data ‘hides the real scale’ of deprivation and food security, report warns
Model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes
MINISTERS are using poverty statistics that “hide the real scale” of Britain’s soaring levels of deprivation and food security, an influential think tank report has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimated 320,000 people were pushed into poverty due to mortgage interest rate rises at the end of 2023.
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