Study finds more than 4m in UK are trapped in deep poverty

Anti-poverty campaigners say austerity has reversed progress

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More than four million people in the UK are trapped in “deep poverty”, according to an independent study from the Social Metrics Commission.

This means that many people's income is at least 50% below the official breadline, “locking them into a weekly struggle to afford the most basic living essentials”, The Guardian says.

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