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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Cost of living crisis will lead to increase in youth violence, experts warn

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The ongoing cost of living crisis will lead to an increase in youth violence, experts have warned, as Britain faces the biggest drop in living standards since the 1950s.

It comes as economists forecasted that around 1.3 million people will be pushed into poverty by the cost of living squeeze after the chancellor failed to offer more support to low income households in his Spring Statement.

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