Revealed: Over four million British children are living in poverty – 72% in working households

Figures out today show that there are now more than four million children living in poverty in the UK. That’s an increase of half a million since 2012.

Although the government frequently boasts that we have record numbers of people in employment most of the children in poverty are living in working households.  Low pay, a squeeze on benefits and the high costs of renting a home are being blamed.