Between 1994 and 2017 there was an increase from 13% to 18% in the proportion of people in working households living in relative poverty that’s an increase of 40%
By 2017 8 million people in the UK living in working households were in relative poverty.
These are among the key findings of new research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies as part of its annual report on Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK.
This article references research using data which is part of the UK Data Service collection:
Family Expenditure Survey
Family Resources Survey
Households Below Average Income
Labour Force Survey
Living Costs and Food Survey