UK's Poorest No Better Off in 15 Years Due to Inequality and Costs: Report Warns of Deepening Crisis
• The UK's most disadvantaged people are no better off than 15 years ago due to economic stagnation and cost-of-living crisis • Report warns of "Victorian-era inequality" with a widening gulf between mainstream society and an impoverished underclass • Pandemic lockdowns had a "catastrophic effect" exacerbating poverty drivers like family breakdown, addiction, joblessness • If trends continue, over 25% of children will have a mental health disorder by 2030 due to pandemic impacts • Income inequality higher in the UK than other large European countries, with wages flatlining since 2007