Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the findings of the University of Bristol’s Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom project, said:

“This shocking report shows David Cameron’s government have completely failed to tackle poverty and deprivation. Child poverty is set to rise, not fall under his Government. Labour will tackle the cost-of-living crisis and make work pay by raising the minimum wage, getting more employers to pay a living wage, freezing energy bills and scrapping the cruel and unfair Bedroom Tax.”