BrainCan - poverty

the guardian view on measuring poverty: money...

The UK government is redefining who counts as destitute,which is easier than fixing a problem that...

how do you make poverty sound better? rebrand it!...

Having to take several jobs and sending kids to work used to be a sign of living precariously –...

universal credit is no answer to growing poverty |...

We need universal basic income,writes William Shutt; Paul Nicholson and Baldev Sharma on the damage...

tax credits are not the way to tackle poverty |...

As a committed member of the Labour party I am in favour of cutting in-work tax credits (Scottish...

this tory budget for savers has an all too...

One of David Cameron’s first acts in government was to abolish a Labour rainy day fund’ for low...

one in six americans go hungry. we cant succeed on...

A bill to address childhood starvation in the summer holidays could benefit to feed 6.5 million...

to see true inequality just look to the north |...

Manchester offers an insight into the society being created as a result of the inequalities of...

with no opposition, the tories are free to do what...

While Iain Duncan Smith is still in office,compassion will be no fraction of the Conservative...

little surprise that inequality gets worse under...

Readers reflect on the resignation of Alan Milburn from the Social Mobility CommissionThe...

making poverty history didn t happen. we should...

We must change the terms of the debate approximately poverty – and that means looking at the...

if only the sports direct 15p an hour pay rise...

Stingy financial rewards from the very grand to the less fortunate isn’t current. My local beggars...

austerity really has hit poor people hardest - the...

Tax and welfare changes introduced by George Osborne in 2010 will continue to push children into...

a guilt tax for the uk s super rich might not be...

After Grenfell the penny has dropped – turning a blind eye to distress and homelessness won’t...

george osborne wants money to fight the poverty he...

The most socially destructive chancellor of contemporary times can apparently see the damage he’s...

what s behind the huge fall in deprivation in east...

Newham council’s scheme to tackle unemployment and skills shortages has helped it go from being...

poor people don t plan long term. we ll just get...

Why do so many destitute people eat junk food,fail to budget properly, note no ambition? Linda...

america once fought a war against poverty - now it...

After the 1968 destitute People’s Campaign declared silence was betrayal,we are coming together to...

a stone s throw away, lives a decade shorter |...

We should indeed “be shocked into action by the fact that wealth,class and geography still dictate...

my proposed bill could give 160,000 hungry...

whether the government is serious approximately reducing the number of hungry children,it should...

i lived on $6 a day with a 6 year old and a baby...

There’s a certain hopelessness in living at this level of poverty that I had to fight daily to...

us professor warns uk of consequences of cuts and...

Kathryn Edin says the UK should consider very carefully before following the US approach and cutting...

lest we forget: the growing numbers of our outcast...

The number of so-called paupers’ funerals has risen by 11% in the past four years,with their...

politicians ignore the poor but love saving foxes...

Instead of addressing deprivation and inequality,they prefer to focus on self-indulgent capricesIn...

poverty rate among working households in uk is...

IPPR thinktank blames higher rents,rising property prices and childcare costs for relative poverty...

the rise of diy dentistry: britons doing their own...

Over-the-counter kits intended as temporary remedies for lost fillings,caps and crowns being used to...

are we really prepared to just watch as society s...

Fresh social security cuts hitting 11 million families show just how much harm the state is willing...

once we cared about the poor. now we damn them |...

In his landmark report 75 years ago,Sir William Beveridge used head and heart to address Britain’s...

jaywick in essex tops list of most deprived...

Government index also states local authorities with highest proportion of deprived areas are all in...

tax avoidance by corporations is out of control....

We cannot close our eyes to the fact that the current global tax system is having a disproportionate...

more than a quarter of households struggle to...

Pensioners and poorer people hit by ‘perfect storm’ of low benefits and wages and return of...

believe it or not, george osborne, some people are...

The government paints impoverished citizens as flawed, parasitic and profligate. So it’s little...

world poverty is shrinking rapidly, new index...

UN development report uses nutrition and education as yardsticks as well as incomeSome of the...

the problem for poor, white kids is that a part of...

Thatcherism didn’t just crush the unions,it crushed a memoir – as the report that says...

inequalities among older people, especially women,...

Contrasts in people’s experiences of later life largely a product of poverty and...

more than a million people in uk living in...

Research by Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds 668000 households unable to afford essentials such as...

house of lords votes to keep income related child...

Conservatives announced plans to abolish current system of targets,but amendment by bishop of Durham...

british vulnerable to hunger after welfare...

Archbishop of Canterbury claims benefit sanctions and bureaucratic delays in welfare mean government...

pm should remember his vow, and stop plans to...

Ten years ago,on his first day as party leader, David Cameron vowed that “the test for our...

full time work is no bar to poverty in uk, report...

Despite at least one adult working full time,millions of households cannot develop ends meet, Joseph...

cash, credits and crisis: life in the new european...

The number of working people failing to do ends meet is creating a modern,insecure level of society...

u turn by government over changes to measurements...

Amendment to welfare bill means four indicators of child poverty including household income will be...

plans to freeze benefits for four years will hit 7...

Government freeze on tax credits and jobseekers’ allowance could cost families 12% of their...

i live in real poverty, and its not what you think...

Kathleen Kerridge’s family food budget is £40 per week to feed five people. She says there is a...

how wealthy am i? find out with our income...

Where do you fit in Breadline Britain? Are you one of the wealthy super-wealthy - or one of the...

austerity will have cast an extra 1.5m children...

Lone-parents,disabled children and ethnic minorities will be among worst-hit, says EHRC An...

poverty is not a lack of character. poverty is a...

--- Rutger Bregman at TED 2017From the transcript,at 14:33 (the final words of the...

a journey through a land of extreme poverty:...

The UN’s Philip Alston is an expert on deprivation – and he wants to know why 41m Americans are...

poverty increases among children and pensioners...

Inflation and housing costs are fuelling rise,according to figures from DWPThe number of children...

significantly wider inequality between uk rich and...

Almost 2 million more children than now will be in poverty in 15 years’ time,says thinktank...

number of londons working poor surges 70% in 10...

Housing costs worsen poverty in the capital despite record numbers in jobs as study finds work...

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