The Office for National Statistics said in 2014 6.5% of the UK population was in persistent poverty, amounting to approximately 3.9 million people.
Stepchange, another debt charity, says more than 8 million people borrow to pay for basic goods each month, and 3.3 million people are in persistent credit card debt.
The latest statistics also show 8% of people are in "persistent poverty".
But only 7.8% were defined as being in "persistent income poverty" in 2013 - less than half the 15.9% EU average.
"The longer people are out of work, the longer they are in persistent poverty as they need to rely on out-of-work benefit.
Miller died in October 2004 after being in persistent poor health.
This is not the Quinlan case," Capron said of two high-profile legal disputes over life support for women who were in persistent vegetative states — not brain dead.
Vaginal smears confirmed that the aged mice were in persistent estrus before commencement of the study.
At the end of surgery the patient was in persistent complete heart block requiring a pacemaker implantation.
