Nearly a quarter of Wales's population 'living in poverty'

Around 700,000 people live in households where income is less than 60 per cent of average, says report

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Nearly a quarter of people in Wales are "struggling to make ends meet" and living below the poverty line, a new study says.

The report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Bevan Foundation, a Welsh think-tank, suggests poverty is costing the country around £3.6bn a year through additional public spending on health, education, social care and police and criminal justice services.

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