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The Tories have pushed one in five Britons into poverty
The UK Poverty 2017 report highlights that overall 14 million people live in poverty in Britain over 20 per cent of the population. This spiralling poverty and ever-increasing use of foodbanks show just how out of touch the Tories have become, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation state of the nation report confirmed a 700,000 increase in the number of children and older people in poverty.
The UK Poverty 2017 report highlights that overall 14 million people live in poverty in Britain — over one in five of the population. This is made up of eight million working-age adults, four million children and 1.9 million pensioners — 8 million live in families where at least one person is in work.
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