The findings also highlighted large numbers of children living on low incomes for prolonged periods running up to the pandemic.
The charity’s flagship state-of-the-nation report, published at the same time, also revealed a ‘worrying’ increase in the number of children growing up in ‘very deep’ poverty.
WHAT IS THE PICTURE OF POVERTY AT THE START OF 2022, TWO YEARS INTO THE COVID PANDEMIC?
To an extent the picture is unclear: we don’t yet have official poverty data covering the pandemic period, and we know that the quality of the surveys we rely on for this information was affected by the onset of the pandemic. But many sources make it clear that while some groups have been well supported and face relatively better prospects as we enter 2022, others face deep and persistent poverty. Households on universal credit, those with children, people who rent their homes privately, single-parent families and people from Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Black backgrounds are all at greater risk of poverty.
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