{"id":84048,"date":"2026-01-27T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84048"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:01:19","slug":"record-number-of-people-in-uk-live-in-very-deep-poverty-analysis-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/27\/record-number-of-people-in-uk-live-in-very-deep-poverty-analysis-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of people in UK live in &#8216;very deep poverty&#8217;, analysis shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1V27Da.img?w=534&amp;h=427&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Food bank use is highest among those in very deep poverty, classed as households that cannot afford to stay warm, dry, clean, clothed and fed. Photograph: Maureen McLean\/Rex\/Shutterstock\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in \u201cvery deep poverty\u201d \u2013 meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/record-number-of-people-in-uk-live-in-very-deep-poverty-analysis-shows\/ar-AA1V27Di?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6978e99ae7664998a2498dc2528f975a&amp;ei=50\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The UK\u2019s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in \u201cvery deep poverty\u201d \u2013 meaning their annual&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poverty.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84049,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84048\/revisions\/84049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}