26/03/2026 10:38
The Guardian
The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s but peers voted to move fasterKeir Starmer likes to point out that, under Labour, real household incomes have been going up – which did not happen when the last Conservative government first took office. This morning the Department of Work and Pensions has published its annual poverty figures and it backs this up. It says:-median household income increased in real terms between FYE [financial year end] 2024 and FYE 2025, rising by 5% before housing costs (BHC) and 5% after housing costs (AHC) to £719 and £623 per week respectively. The increases for both these measures were statistically significant-household incomes increased across almost the entire BHC distribution, with the largest increases in the central deciles. Smaller increases were recorded at the top and bottom ends of the distribution. For AHC, increases were also seen across most percentiles, except at the very lowest end, which experienced a slight fall-relative low‑income rates increased slightly, rising from 15% to 16% (BHC) and 19% to 20% (AHC). These changes were less than 1 percentage point (the AHC change was less than 0.5 percentage points) and not statistically significant Continue reading...
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