Figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for 2015/16 show an estimated four million children are living in relative low income after housing costs compared with 3.9 million in 2014/15.
This equates to 30 per cent of all children in the UK are now classed as living in poverty after housing costs compared with 28 per cent in 2014/15.
The proportion has now risen for three consecutive years since it stood at 27 per cent in 2012/13, when 3.6 million children were recorded as living in poverty.
The figures also show that 67 per cent of children in poverty have at least one parent in work, compared with 66 per cent last year.
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