00:00it's been reported that the number of people living in what is described as very deep poverty
00:07in the uk is at its highest level for more than three decades this comes according to a warning
00:13from a leading charity the joseph roundtree foundation says its latest report using data
00:19up to the end of 2023 to 2024 financial year shows more than one in five people in the uk
00:26are living in poverty that amounts to around 14.2 million people while that figure represents a
00:33slight fall compared with the previous year the charity said scratch below the surface there
00:39are signs of change a definitive deepening of poverty
