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		</div><p>Around 4.5 million people are experiencing the deepest levels of poverty in the UK and have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, a commission has found.</p>
<p>The proportion of the UK population in “deep poverty” has risen more than a third from 5% to 7% over the last two decades, while the overall poverty rate has remained largely unchanged, the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) said.</p>
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<p>It means there are 1.7 million more people in deep poverty – living on less than half of what they need to stay above the poverty line – compared to roughly 20 years ago.</p>
<p>And this group is being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, it added.</p>
<blockquote><p>22% Overall UK poverty rate</p></blockquote>
<p>The SMC collected data between April 2018 and March 2019 to provide a comprehensive account of poverty in the UK.</p>
<p>In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, it then worked with YouGov to poll almost 80,000 people in Britain during March and May 2020.</p>
<p>Before the outbreak, it found there were 4.5 million people living in deep poverty, up from 2.8 million in 2000-2001.</p>
<p>Of these, 2.4 million were found to be in “persistent poverty” which has lasted for at least two of the last three years.</p>
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<p>The overall UK poverty rate has remained stable, dropping from 23% to 22% over the same period.</p>
<p>This equates to 14.4 million people living in poverty before the Covid-19 crisis including 4.5 million children; 8.5 million working-age adults; and 1.3 million pension-age adults.</p>
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