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media type="custom" key="9103592" align="right" Almost 13 million British people live in poverty today, this equals1 of 5. Of these there are 3.8 million children, 2.2 million pensioners and 7.2 million working age adults. (1)

Women are the majority of the groups with the poorest people. (2)

Relative poverty is very common in britain. The percentage of people living in relative poverty is among the worst in all of Europe. Within the European Union (EU) there are only six countries with more depressing numbers than the UK. (3)

The areas with most poverty are big cities like Manchester, Liverpool, London and Glasgow. (4)

The education problems because of poverty is sinking,more kids are doing well on tests and exams. (5)

Burglaries and violent crimes in Britain have halved in the last ten years. (6)

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