The number of children growing up in poverty in working households has risen by 800,000 since 2010, according to new TUC analysis.
The analysis reveals that child poverty in working families rose to 2.9 million in 2018 – an increase of 38% since the start of the decade.
In 2010, 1 in 5 children in working households were growing up in poverty. In 2018 this had increased to 1 in 4
The analysis shows that government policies account for the majority of the increase in-work poverty.
More than 485,000 children in working households have been pushed below the breadline as a direct result of the government’s in-work benefit cuts.
The TUC says that other key factors behind the rise in child poverty are weak wage growth spread of insecure work Population growth and the rise in the number of working households hasn’t been enough to lift families out of poverty
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“No child in Britain should be growing up in poverty.
“But millions of parents are struggling to feed and clothe their kids. That is not right.
“The Conservatives’ cuts to in-work benefits have come at a terrible human cost. As too has their failure to tackle insecure work and get wages rising across the economy.
“We need a government that puts working families first, not wealthy donors and hedge funds.”
