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1 in 3 Brits fell into poverty between 2011 and 2014

by Our News Desk

A THIRD of Britain’s population experienced poverty at some time between 2011 and 2014, Office for National (ONS) Statistics revealed yesterday.

The overall poverty rate in 2014 was, at 16.8 per cent of the population, 12th highest amng 27 other European Union countries.

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