Poverty trends

UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

Author / Creator: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

"Looking at the geography of poverty, Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to have lower poverty rates than England and Wales and, within England, the North East and London have the highest rates."  Scottish government policies have reduced the poverty rate, but it continues to increase, just not as fast as the rest of the UK..