Poverty in Britain
Series: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Press Release ; 1 December 2004 (3)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Poverty in Britain is continuing to decline according to a new report by the New Policy Institute for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. "Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2004" takes stock of 50 different indicators including measures of income, employment, education, education, health, housing and crime. It shows improvements over the past five to six years on 18 of the indicators, compared with eight that have grown worse. The most recent statistics show that 12.4m people (22% of the population) were living in households with net incomes below the poverty line. This figure for 2002/03 compares with 14m who lived in low-income households in 1996/97. The full report is available to download from the website. http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/011204.as p| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Poverty in Britain is continuing to decline according to a new report by the New Policy Institute for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. "Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2004" takes stock of 50 different indicators including measures of income, employment, education, education, health, housing and crime. It shows improvements over the past five to six years on 18 of the indicators, compared with eight that have grown worse. The most recent statistics show that 12.4m people (22% of the population) were living in households with net incomes below the poverty line. This figure for 2002/03 compares with 14m who lived in low-income households in 1996/97. The full report is available to download from the website. http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/011204.as p