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This work looks at in-work poverty in London between 1996 and 2023. It provides an overview of the links between working-age poverty and employment participation at the individual and household levels in the capital. Some key findings include:
- Poverty has changed. There are now more people in poverty in London who are in a working family than in a workless family. The reverse was true 30 years ago.
- Insecure forms of work such as part-time work and self-employment are linked to poverty.
- Ethnic minority workers and those with no educational qualifications are most likely to be working and in poverty.
- Working families with three or more children have seen their poverty rate increase sharply since the introduction of the two-child benefit cap on Universal Credit.
- Single parents have a high likelihood of in-work poverty, though the number of people in work and in poverty has also risen sharply among Londoners living as a couple.
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