Half a million more UK kids drop into poverty

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhsfInLbbnM

Sintesi

TLDRThe video reports on the growth of child poverty in the UK, which has risen to 4.2 million children. Aaron, who experienced poverty as a child, shares her story to provide context. Hot meals from youth clubs may be the only daily meal for some children. New statistics reveal significant increases in child poverty in areas like Tower Hamlets and minority communities. The Social Security supermarket provides dignified shopping experiences for struggling families by allowing them to choose their own food. Despite government claims of reducing poverty through various policies, experts argue for policy changes, such as eliminating the two-child limit to immediately lift many children out of poverty. The discussion also covers differences in how relative and absolute poverty are measured and the inadequacy of current wages and benefits to address the poverty crisis.

Punti di forza

  • 📈 Child poverty in the UK has risen significantly, affecting 4.2 million children.
  • 🍲 Youth clubs can provide the only meal some children receive in a day.
  • 🏠 Families like Katie May's struggle despite having housing, due to poor economic support.
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The two-child benefit limit negatively impacts larger families.
  • 📊 Statistics reveal significant increases in child poverty in Tower Hamlets and minority groups.
  • 🛒 The Social Security supermarket ensures dignity by allowing self-selection of food items.
  • ⚖ Government measures are criticized for not adequately addressing poverty.
  • 💼 Many working families remain in poverty despite employment.
  • 📉 Differences between relative and absolute poverty measures create conflicting narratives.
  • 💰 Current wages and benefits are insufficient to alleviate poverty levels caused by inflation.

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    The video highlights a program aimed at helping children, especially those from impoverished backgrounds. Around 71% of children living in poverty are in homes with at least one working adult. A young woman shares her experience of her mother working long hours as a waitress due to unaffordable childcare, leading her and her brother to accompany their mother to work. In 2023, many children still report going without meals, and the youth club provides essential hot food for many. Additionally, figures indicate a rise in child poverty from 3.6 million to 4.2 million in just a year, with areas like Tower Hamlets in London seeing nearly half of their children living in poverty. The video also connects high poverty rates among children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those in households with disability allowances.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • How has the number of children in poverty changed recently in the UK?

    Child poverty in the UK has increased from 3.6 million to 4.2 million over the past two years.

  • What is the two-child limit in the context of UK benefits?

    The two-child limit removes financial benefits for any child beyond the second in a family.

  • Why is hot food at youth clubs important for some children?

    Hot food provided at the youth club might be the only meal some children receive in a day.

  • What does the video say about families with working adults and poverty?

    Many families in poverty have at least one working adult, showing that work alone isn't sufficient to lift them out of poverty.

  • Which area has the highest rate of child poverty in the UK?

    Tower Hamlets in London has the highest rate with nearly half of the children living in poverty.

  • Are children from ethnic minority backgrounds more at risk of poverty than white children?

    Yes, children from ethnic minority backgrounds are at a higher risk compared to those from white backgrounds.

  • What measures has the UK government claimed to implement to reduce poverty?

    The UK government claims their efforts have reduced the number of people in absolute poverty and introduced various support measures.

  • How does the Social Security supermarket operate differently from traditional food banks?

    They're trying to provide dignity to families by allowing them to make choices rather than handing out fixed packages.

  • What support did the UK government introduce, according to the video?

    Childcare support and changes to Universal Credit were mentioned, but the need for further policy changes like removing the two-child limit was emphasized.

  • What's the difference between relative and absolute poverty?

    The government bases absolute poverty on 2010/11 income levels, while relative poverty is current, reflecting the economic state now.

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    really grab papers for us half term club
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    for some of these children is more than
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    just a fun hour away from home
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    some 71 of children living in poverty
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    live in households where at least one
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    Adult Works
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    any good live Aaron is barely out of
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    childhood herself my mum was a single
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    parent to two kids me and my twin
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    brother so somebody that who struggles
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    to find work so for much of my childhood
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    she works as a waitress long long days
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    and you know the cost of child care was
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    just too ridiculous too high
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    unaffordable so it meant that we went to
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    work with her often I mean you know 2023
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    and still we see children come through
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    the doors every day mentioning stuff
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    that are happening at home mentioning
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    that they're not the breakfast they're
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    not at the lunch they haven't had
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    anything to eat today it's a horrible
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    reminder that we're not really much
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    further as we were when I was younger
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    hot food at youth club will be today's
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    only meal for some children
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    new figures show
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    the total number of children
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    experiencing poverty increased from 3.6
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    million two years ago to 4.2 Million
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    last year
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    the borough with the highest rate was
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    Tower hamlets in London with nearly half
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    of children there living in poverty
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    meanwhile in the Northeast and West
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    Midlands child poverty has risen by nine
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    percent and in the East Midlands by
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    seven percent and inequality is in
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    itself unequal the figures show a link
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    between children receiving disability
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    living allowance and the rate of child
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    poverty and in every region in the UK
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    children from ethnic minority
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    backgrounds are at a higher risk of
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    living in poverty than children from a
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    white background
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    walking into the Hope Community Hub
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    feels like walking into the local Corner
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    Shop
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    and that's the point
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    292 households in this part of Coventry
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    are welcomed into what's known as the
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    Social Security supermarket and one
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    woman runs this Hub yes one any three
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    items from there
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    today yeah only three items all over bad
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    for you thank you Katie May has been
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    coming here for a year she's paid her
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    five pounds and she'll get 40 pounds
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    worth of shopping we have our own house
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    we have a mortgage but people so people
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    just assume we've got the money because
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    we've got our own house whereas we need
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    the social supermarket and we go to our
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    parents if we need help
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    she cares full time for her mother and
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    her fiance Works they've got two
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    children one and three years old what
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    about the mental strain Katie Mays it's
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    something that sits with you if you're
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    having to think about these things every
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    day
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    um yeah um
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    it's always there in the back of my mind
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    am I providing enough for them are they
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    getting everything they need are they
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    just being being able to be children
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    um rather than having to worry about the
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    issues that are going on so that they
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    they shouldn't need to worry about we go
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    without new clothes
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    um I I've become well versed in sewing
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    if a clothes got a hole in it
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    um his work clothes in particular have
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    always got holes in but we can't afford
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    to buy new workloads all the time so
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    it's often Me sewing them up
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    during the pandemic there was a 20 pound
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    uplift in weekly Universal Credit but
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    when that stopped child poverty levels
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    shot up
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    add to that Rising food costs and a need
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    for support you can see why this one
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    woman has a lot to think about still her
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    focus is on the families she's come to
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    know so well we have some people who
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    just are so overwhelmed they come in and
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    cry because it's not what they expect
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    America at that lowest crisis point we
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    think the shop setup is important and if
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    you're going through a food bank or
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    asking a service like that you're being
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    given a bag of food here we've set up as
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    a little Supermarket gives those people
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    that Dignity of being able to shop and
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    make those food choices for their
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    families
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    while we filmed here people came by and
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    chatted to Caroline like she was an old
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    friend
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    this is evidently a place for connection
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    too real strategy reporting well we
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    asked the government for an interview
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    they declined but told us they'd helped
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    nearly 2 million people including four
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    hundred thousand children out of
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    absolute poverty after housing costs
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    since 2010 and have launched a 94
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    billion pound cost of living support
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    package worth 3 300 pounds on average
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    per household this is why they said we
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    are boosting our child care offers made
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    changes to Universal credits and an
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    unprecedented increase to the National
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    living wage well joining me now is
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    Joseph house chief executive of the
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    children's charity bottle UK and chair
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    of the end child poverty Coalition what
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    do you make of that government response
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    to your analysis
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    I I I I we appreciate I mean certainly
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    the child care support um is appreciated
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    but we think the government just needs
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    to go further than that and there's a
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    real clear policy change that could be
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    made it could drag 250
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    000 children out of poverty immediately
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    and that is to scrap the t-child limit
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    just explain that
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    that's the limitation
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    so so the two child limits essentially
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    removes benefits from uh any uh child
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    beyond the second child in any in any
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    household so um third fourth fifth child
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    you wouldn't get any benefits um for
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    those children's yeah and predictably
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    your analysis shows that bigger families
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    are more at risk of being in poverty
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    yeah that's absolutely the case and and
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    as you'd highlighted earlier that um you
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    know if the government's um aim within
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    that policy is to ensure that uh
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    um parents go out and work essentially
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    what we're saying is from the stats work
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    isn't isn't the thing that is really
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    really helping here 71 of those children
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    are in working households at least one
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    parent is working can you also just
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    explain this sort of apparent clash in
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    the figures where by you say relative
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    poverty has gone up uh by millions and
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    the government says
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    uh the number of people in absolute
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    poverty has gone down
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    the relative poverty and absolute of
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    their two different things of course
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    um with absolute poverty you're basing
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    that back on figures in 2010 11 and it's
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    based on 60 of the median income in a
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    household
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    um with relative poverty uh we're basing
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    that it's affected by the economy now
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    that's why we use that figure and it's
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    based on um on the figures of today so
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    we use relative poverty our data uses
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    government data um it's What's called
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    the hbai data
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    um and they stood by that data they
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    published that every year the DWP
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    publishes it and that's why we use it
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    because we want to use the data that
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    government stands by given benefits were
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    risen by inflation
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    um and things like the national living
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    wage went up you know by by the largest
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    amounts
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    um in in modern times why has there been
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    this big increase you know where where
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    is that big increase or you know big
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    loss in household incomes come
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    it whilst benefits were absolutely and
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    it was at a year after we saw the the uh
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    rate increase in inflation
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    still I mean the real challenge here is
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    about that working not pay you know
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    there's there's uh 12 of the working
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    um population
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    that aren't actually getting paid for
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    minimum wage so we've got to tackle that
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    and we've got to ensure that people
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    doing really challenging work certainly
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    um Social Work Care work are getting
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    paid well they absolutely should get
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    paid and respected for it Joseph house
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    thank you very much indeed
Tag
  • child poverty
  • poverty statistics
  • UK government
  • Social Security supermarket
  • childcare support
  • Universal Credit
  • two-child limit
  • ethnic minority risk
  • youth clubs
  • relative vs absolute poverty