MYTHS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY 5: “POVERTY IS CAUSED BY PARENTS CHOOSING NOT TO WORK”

Some argue that child poverty is driven by parents ‘choosing’ not to work. Actually, the evidence shows that child poverty is driven by a lack of jobs, a lack of full-time jobs and a lack of jobs paying decent wages.

60% of children in poverty have at least one parent in-work.

A record number of people, 1.42million are working part-time because they can’t get full-time work.

5 million people in the UK are being paid less than the living wage.