300 people die in poverty every day in the UK, shocking new research reveals

A shocking 300 people are dying in poverty every single day in the UK, new research reveals. End of life charity, Marie Curie, previously found that 93,000 people died in poverty across the UK in 2019. But that number has now risen to 111,000 – a huge 19% increase in four years. They found more than one in five are dying in fuel poverty – including 110,000 pensioners. Read more