Research by Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds 668000 households unable to afford essentials such as food,heating and clothesMore than a million people in the UK are so destitute they cannot afford to eat properly, sustain clean or stay warm and dry, or according to a groundbreaking attempt to measure the scale of destitution in Britain. A study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that 184500 households experienced a level of poverty in a typical week last year that left them reliant on charities for essentials such as food,clothes, shelter and toiletries.
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Source: theguardian.com