United Kingdom

In-work poverty is outpacing employment in the UK

With the UK facing uncertainty over Brexit, half a million children are living in poverty with increasing numbers of working families struggling to support themselves over the past five years. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said that in-work poverty has been rising faster than employment with most of the increase among working parents. Across the UK, four million workers are now living in poverty.

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This chart shows the number employed and in-work poverty rate in the UK.

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Number of people at risk of poverty in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2018 (in millions)
Number of individuals in relative low income after housing costs in United Kingdom from 1994/95 to 2024/25, by demographic (in millions)
Number of individuals in absolute low income after housing costs in United Kingdom from 1994/95 to 2023/24, by demographic (in millions)
Percentage of people at risk of poverty in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018
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Percentage of English households in fuel poverty in 2010, by working status*
Number of individuals in relative low income in the United Kingdom from 1994/95 to 2024/25 (in millions)

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