Official figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2018/19 4.2 million children were in families living in poverty - up from 4.1 million the previous year.
There are 600,000 more children living in poverty now than in 2010, figures show.
This means 30 per cent of children in the UK are living in families earning less than 60 per cent of the average household income after housing costs have been paid.
The figures show that 72 per cent of these children are from families where either one or both parents are working - up from 70 per cent in 2017/18.
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