The report, published yesterday by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that up to 2002 more than half of 56 indicators of poverty were showing an improvement and only a few worsening. But since then only 14 have improved and 15 worsened.
Researchers found that:
Report co-author Peter Kenway said: "The big concern is how well an anti-poverty strategy that has been centred on getting people into work is going to fare in the face of a recession."
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