Although there are a number of different ways of defining and measuring poverty, overall the prognosis for the future is bleak. The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that there are at least 3.7 million children currently living in poverty in the UK. This equates to more than one million children under the age of five.
The latest survey by the Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) project uses a method based on public consensus about what is necessary for minimum living standards. It found that, in 2013, because of a lack of money:
• one in four children did not get an annual holiday away from home
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