Monday, November 19, 2018

UN report highlights poverty levels in UK

According to a just published UN report approximatley 14 million people, a fifth of the UK population, live in poverty and 1.5 million are destitute.

The report predicts that child poverty could rise by seven per cent before 2022, with forecasts of child poverty rates as high as 40 per cent.

The UK is the world's fifth largest economy.

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