Destitution growing, says JRF
‘Single working-age people were at highest risk of destitution, but in 2019 we found more families with children experienced destitution.’
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has called for more sustained assistance for people experiencing extreme poverty, in the third of its destitution studies. The report released on 9 December shows that, even before the Covid-19 outbreak, destitution was rapidly growing. Since 2017, it said, ‘many more households, including families with children, have been pushed to the brink’.
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