Absolute poverty: UK sees biggest rise for 30 years
Absolute poverty: UK sees biggest rise for 30 years
The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in 30 years, official figures show.
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The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show.
Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more people fell into absolute poverty.
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride - whose department compiled the figures - pointed to the government's "biggest cost of living package in Europe, worth an average of £3,800 per household".
"Official income statistics have understated the true increase in deprivation during this period" says Sam Ray-Chaudhuri of think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
"The Conservative government crashed the economy and unleashed a cost of living crisis, pushing families across the country into poverty" said shadow employment and social security minister Alison McGovern.
"This is a devastating rise and behind these numbers will be stories of children going hungry and families unable to heat their homes," said the party's Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney.
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