“we reduced child poverty”, as part of a list of claimed achievements since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.Each of these figures are presented both before and after housing costs are taken into account., absolute low income after housing costs, the percentage of children in poverty has fallen from 27.2% in 2010-11 to 25.0% in 2022-23, the most recent financial year for which figures are available.
By that definition, the overall number of children in poverty has increased by more than 27,000, with more than 3.6 children in absolute low income after housing costs in 2022-23. By the other three indicators, both the percentage and number of children in poverty has risen. Most extreme is the rise in the percentage of children in relative low income before housing costs, from 17.5% in 2010-11 to 22.4% in 2022-23 .child poverty to increase over the next five years, estimating 170,000 more children will be in poverty in 2027-28 than in 2021-22.
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