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More than one in five people in UK live in poverty, says charity

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About 14m struggling to make ends meet – a record high, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The proportion of people with a job who live in poverty went up for the third consecutive year in 2018 to a record high, according to a report that shows rising levels of employment have failed to translate into higher living standards.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said while paid employment reduces the risk of poverty, about 56% of people living in poverty were also in a working household in 2018, compared with 39% 20 years ago.

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