The government says the best way out of poverty is to work. But for millions of employed people in the UK, it’s just not enough.

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Inflation rates are slowly improving but real-term wages and benefits aren’t keeping up.

The number of working adults living in poverty has risen 56% in 25 years - and many of them think the government isn’t listening.

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Reported by Milena Dambelli
Filmed and edited by Samantha Everett
Produced by Annie La Vespa


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