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Poverty for children and adults in workless households in London has fallen in the past 10 years.

The number of children and adults in in-work poverty has risen dramatically by around 310,000 people.

Just over half of all poverty in London is now in-work poverty.

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Over half of children in poverty in London live in couple households.

Around half of London's children in poverty live in households where at least one adult works.

Lone parent and couple households in London are equally at risk of in-work poverty.

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At about 13%, London has one of the the lowest proportions of working families receiving in-work tax credits anywhere in the country.

This may be because families are less likely to be low paid in London and may also reflect the overall lower work rate

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Four times as many families receiving in-work benefits are in the Inner East & South of London (105,000 – 31%) than in the Inner West (26,000 – 8%).

In Outer London the proportion of families receiving tax credits is larger than those receiving out-of-work benefits.

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Between 5% and 10% of full-time and 30% - 40% of part-time employees in London are low paid – a lower proportion than in any other English region. This is true for full-time working men and women and part-time workers.

• Within London, the boroughs with the highest proportion of low-paid residents are Brent, Barking & Dagenham, Newham and Waltham Forest. There is no pronounced Inner/Outer pattern.

• By contrast, almost all of the boroughs with an above-average proportion of low-paid jobs are in Outer London, the highest being Bexley, Bromley, Waltham Forest and Harrow.

• Although a higher proportion of jobs in Outer London are low paid, the number of low paid jobs in Inner London is similar to that in Outer London. In particular, about a quarter of all low-paid jobs are in the five Inner West boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Wandsworth and Camden.

• The proportion of households receiving in-work tax credits as a supplement to earned income is lower in London than in most other parts of England.

• Within London, 60% of all tax credit recipients are in Outer London with most of the remainder living in the Inner East & South.

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