3.6mn people in persistent poverty in UK: Study
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According to the Office for National Statistics, one in three people in the UK have experienced poverty in recent years.
The UK has 3.9 million residents who are living in “persistent poverty,” a new study shows, underscoring the country's precarious nature of work.
According to Press TV, the latest data was released on Monday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which also said one in three people in the UK has experienced poverty in recent years.
The report shows that there is a preponderance of low-paying and low-skilled jobs, which means many families are suffering severe hardship.
The ONS defines persistent poverty in reference to those making a relative low income in the current year and have been doing so in at least two out of the three preceding years.
The overall poverty rate increased from 15.9 percent in 2013 to 16.8 percent in 2014, the report added.
“The ONS figures lay bare the true scale of the challenge if an ‘all-out assault on poverty’ is to be successful,” said Julia Unwin, the Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a British social policy research and development charity.
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