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Joseph Rowntree Foundation: UK Poverty 2020/21

This week, we launched the 2020/21 edition of our annual state-of-the-nation report, UK Poverty, on the nature and scale of poverty across the UK, and how it affects people struggling to stay afloat.

We are in the midst of the coronavirus storm – a turbulent time when all of us have felt insecurity and instability. But our analysis shows too many of us entered the pandemic already at risk of being cast adrift into poverty, while often lacking secure housing, a reliable income or adequate support. It also shows that those of us already struggling to keep our heads above water have often been hit the hardest.

See more from the report here:

 

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