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- The Joseph Rowntree Foundation reports UK poverty is worsening, with 6.8 million people in 'very deep poverty,' the highest in 30 years.
- Around 14.2 million people, or 21%, live in poverty, including 4.5 million children.
- The government plans to lift the two-child benefit limit, which could cut child poverty by 400,000, although experts warn that without further action poverty will remain high.
