Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Employment Minister, commenting on the
Office of National Statistics Working and Workless Households figures, said:
“While any increases in employment are positive, under this
Government work is no longer a reliable route out of poverty with over half of
those living in poverty coming from a working household.
“There are four million children growing up in poverty in the UK; two thirds of
these children live in working households.
“A
Labour government for the many, not the few, will introduce a Real Living Wage
to end in-work poverty once and for all, while investing in childcare to allow
parents to get back to work once they are ready.”
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