SNP Manifesto: Working poverty

"One of the biggest scandals in recent years, and it is a scandal, has been the rise of the number living in poverty, despite having a job. 70% of children growing up in poverty live in a household where at least one person is working."

• The figure is correct if you round them to the nearest ten percent.
• 67% of children in poverty live in a household where at least one person is working, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
• The proportion has been rising in recent years.
• In this case, the figures happen to be the same regardless of whether you look at relative or absolute measures of financial poverty, before or after housing costs.
• We explain the difference in our guide to poverty statistics.