According to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, more than 1 person in 5 in the UK was living in poverty in 2023/4, which is just over 14 million people. London may be seen as a comparatively well-off city, but it had the highest level of poverty, at just over a quarter.
Of the 14 million, nearly half were in ‘very deep poverty’, with income far below the standard poverty line. Since 2017, the numbers experiencing destitution have more than doubled, and nearly three million struggle to access enough nutritious food.
This is the extent of poverty in a supposedly ‘developed’ country, and it shows that capitalism cannot meet the needs of all.
The Socialist Party of Great Britain – Part of the World Socialist Movement