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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

1.3MILLION Brits set to be dragged into absolute poverty in Spring Statement disaster

1.3milion Brits including half a million children will be dragged below the poverty line despite Rishi Sunak‘s Spring Statement, devastating analysis says.

A typical working-age household will see their real income fall 4% next year - a loss of £1,100, the Resolution Foundation think tank said.

Absolute poverty - rather than relative poverty - is crucial because it is the measure Boris Johnson chooses to use.

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