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Anger as more young and old live in poverty

Poverty campaigners have claimed not enough has been done to tackle deprivation as new figures showed the numbers of children and pensioners living on the breadline rose for the second year running.

Poverty campaigners have rounded on the government and claimed not enough has been done to tackle deprivation as new figures showed the numbers of children and pensioners living on the breadline rose for the second year in succession.