The findings, which the charity has called 'heartbreaking and wrong' are published in its annual poverty report – 'UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK.'
Published today (26 January), the report is based upon the most recent Government data covering the first year of the pandemic.
It reveals that 13.4 million people were in poverty during 2020/21, including 3.9 million children. Of these, 1.3m were primary school children and 1m children under the age of four, who the JRF says are now ‘experiencing the sharp end of the hardship caused by the cost-of-living crisis’.
Other key findings include:
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