Claim: 60% of people in poverty are in work.
Fact-check: Around 60% of people in poverty live in households where at least one adult is in work - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not quite right. while studies show that about 60% of people in relative poverty live in a household where at least one adult is in work, the latest government data for 2021/22 shows that for working age adults in poverty, 44% are in work.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tony Thompson
Date published: 2023-08-17T00:00:00