Work doesn't pay: Child poverty in unemployed families falls but rises in working homes

Child poverty is rising among working families while generous benefits cut it for the unemployed, a report has revealed.

The study by the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an indictment of Labour’s record in power - and casts doubt on the Coalition’s ability to deliver its pledge to ‘make work pay’.

It reveals that while the policy of lavishing benefits on the unemployed has helped tackle some aspects of child poverty, many working families have fallen behind. | Mail Online