Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?

Ladywell, in Birmingham, has the highest levels, with 62% of children living in relative poverty. In some areas of Leeds, ...
WRAL

British Austerity Is ‘Inflicting Unnecessary Misery,’ U.N. Poverty Expert Says

The British government’s policies of austerity are directly linked to a rise in poverty in the United Kingdom, a United Nations expert said in a scathing report Friday after a two-week fact-finding ...
Forbes

British Child Poverty Is Increasing - Why?

The latest outrage in Britain is that child poverty is increasing. Or at least that is what we are being told, that this is an outrage. The truth being a little more simple, which is that we are not ...
World Socialist Web Site

More than one in five British households suffers fuel poverty

Figures released recently by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) from their Annual Report on Fuel Poverty Statistics 2011 show a large rise in British households suffering from fuel ...
World Socialist Web Site

Sharp rise in British child poverty before recession’s onset

A report commissioned by the charity Save the Children documents a sharp rise in the number of children living in “severe poverty” between 2004 and 2008. According to the report by the New Policy ...
Post-Bulletin

British approach poverty in a rational, well-defined way

It’s the season for charitable giving. And far too many Americans, particularly children, need that charity. Scenes of a devastated New Orleans reminded us that many of our fellow citizens remain poor ...
Science Daily

Excess deaths of British children: Relative poverty or lack of healthcare funding?

The UK has the fourth highest child mortality rate, third worst relative poverty and lowest funded health care in the Western world, new research concludes. The study did present some good news, as ...
Newsweek

Poverty Costs British Taxpayer £78 Billion A Year

Poverty costs the U.K. taxpayer £78 billion a year in additional public service spending and lost taxes, according to a report. The research, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, estimated ...