Claim: There are roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty this year. In 2000, there were roughly 14 million people living in relative poverty.
Fact-check: How poverty rates are cherry-picked to score political points - Full Fact
Verdict: the latest government figures show 14.5 million people  living in relative low income households after housing costs in the uk. in 2000/01 it was 13 million across great britain .
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-10-26T00:00:00