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Escaping poverty has become significantly harder over the past two decades, with progress to eradicate hardship in Britain having stalled under the Conservatives since 2010, a major report has warned.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said levels of hardship had deepened for millions of people across the country since the mid-1990s, having been compounded by years of “political failure” to tackle poverty.

The charity called on political leaders to tell voters what they planned to do before the general election to turn the tide, finding that it was 20 years and six prime ministers since there was last a sustained fall in poverty.

Analysing broader trends since the 1970s, it said poverty rates had grown rapidly under Margaret Thatcher during the 1980s – reaching about a quarter of all individuals by the mid-1990s – and had remained stubbornly high since then.

Absolute poverty is a tougher measure than the headline figure used by the JRF, which is defined as living in a household with income below 60% of the median in 2010-11, adjusted for inflation.

“That’s why we are investing billions breaking down barriers to work and supporting over 1 million low-income earners through our in-work progression offer – all while cutting taxes and curbing inflation so hard-working people have more money in their pocket.”

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