Work is ‘no longer a route out of poverty’, says UK think tank

In-work poverty has replaced unemployment at the heart of Britain’s “economic malaise.” — Reuters

LONDON: A typical lower-income British household would have to wait 137 years to see its living standards double, according to the Resolution Foundation, more than three times longer than in the past.

Publishing a new analysis of living standards, the think tank said high rents and low pay mean work is “no longer a route out of poverty” for millions of UK families.