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Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

YOU WONT BELIEVE: New figures show 13 million in poverty in uk including four million children - You Need To See This

The latest official data on poverty in the UK has been published by the Government (Alamy/PA) -

The number of people living in poverty in the UK has risen by almost half a million, according to new figures.

There were an estimated 13.40 million individuals in households below the poverty line in the year 2024/25, according to the latest Government data.

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