Redroots on Instagram: "Hey chatGPT how many people are affected by poverty in the UK? In the UK, poverty affects millions of people, with children hit the hardest. In 2023–24, around 4.45 million children—that’s 31% of all children—were living in relative poverty after housing costs, the highest level on record. Deep poverty, where families live on less than half the median income, affected 3.1 million children. Certain groups face much higher risks: nearly half of children in Black or Asian fa