Bridget Phillipson on child poverty, 8 December 2025
The statement
There are now 4.5 million children in poverty—900,000 more than in 2010.
Bridget Phillipson, 8 December 2025. Source
What the sources report
- Department for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025 reports children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2025): 27% of childrensrc
- Department for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025 reports children in relative low income, before housing costs, UK (FYE 2025): 21% of childrensrc
- Department for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025 reports children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2024): 28% of childrensrc
Notes
DWP reports that 27% of children were in relative low income after housing costs in the financial year ending 2025, and 21% before housing costs.
Each figure's own page, with every change: Children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2025), Children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2024), Children in relative low income, before housing costs, UK (FYE 2025).
Receipts
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- Parliament recordStatement source: Bridget Phillipson
- Government publicationDepartment for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025: Children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2025)
- Government publicationDepartment for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025: Children in relative low income, before housing costs, UK (FYE 2025)
- Government publicationDepartment for Work and Pensions, Households below average income, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025: Children in relative low income, after housing costs, UK (FYE 2024)
- Government publicationDWP: Households below average income: an analysis of the UK income distribution, FYE 1995 to FYE 2025