Joseph Rowntree Foundation Warns of Sustained Increase in Poverty

Hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners have fallen into poverty over the past four years, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals today.

Hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners have fallen into poverty over the past four years, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals today. It is the first sustained increase in poverty since the mid-1990s, with stagnant wages a key factor.