More than 1 in 5 of our population (22%) are in poverty in our country –
14.5 million people. Of these, 8.1 million are working-age adults, 4.3 million are
children and 2.1 million are pensioners. Based on the relative poverty rate, after housing costs, to measure poverty.
Child poverty continues to rise. The latest data tells us that almost 1 in 3
children in the UK are living in poverty (31%). Nearly half of children in
lone-parent families live in poverty, compared with 1 in 4 of those in couple
families.
Of the working-age adults, lone parents are by far the most likely of any family
type to be struggling with poverty. When we look at pensioners, the poverty
rate for single pensioners is double that of couple pensioners and almost 1 in 5
pensioners overall are living in poverty.
(JRF UK Poverty Report – January 2022)
