This report on the findings of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation makes for very sobering reading. At a time when we see huge wealth in the hands of a very few, this is the consequence. The tragedy is that it need not be the case were wealth distributed fairly.

"6.8 million people [are] now living in very deep poverty. This means that their incomes are reaching two-thirds of the poverty line at most." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/poverty-child-uk-report-jrf-benefit-cap-labour-b2907728.html