Social Issues Spotlight: What is causing the rise of in-work poverty in the UK?

Currently one in eight UK workers is in poverty. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, in the mid-1990s 37% of those in relative poverty (living below 60% of median net income) lived in a working household. In 2019 that reached 58%. With the government reporting record levels of employment, why are more people who are in work experiencing poverty?

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