The current cost of living is pushing more people into poverty, with almost 68% of low income...
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13/11/2017
The extent of poverty
Read more about the first of the two-volume study based on the PSE-UK survey. Find out how poverty affects people from different groups within the UK: young and old; men and women; different ethnic backgrounds; those with disabilities; and others.
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06/12/2016
Research officers: interviews
There were four research officers who formed, along with Peter Townsend and Brian Abel-Smith, the core of the initial research team: Hilary Land (at the LSE), Denis Marsden, John Veit-Wilson and Adrian Sinfield (at the University of Essex). These research officers conducted the pilot studies and were involved in the planning of the main survey. Below you will find interviews with Hilary Land, John Veit-Wilson and Adrian Sinfield. Dennis Marsden died in 2009 after a long academic career, in the course of which he undertook a number of major and pioneering qualitative studies on education and the working-class, lone mothers, unemployment, and on couples and intimacy.
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22/11/2014
Child poverty and social exclusion
The final report into child poverty and social exclusion finds 30% of children lack two of more of the child necessities and that child deprivation would be much higher if parents were not sacrificing their own living standards for their children's sake.
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17/01/2014
1 in 4 lone parents out of work
Almost 1 in 4 of the UK's 1.8 million lone-parent households – 650,000 in total – are not in any sort of paid employment, according to a new report from the Policy Exchange think tank. The report also says the proportion of lone-parent households in the UK is the fourth highest in the EU – behind only Estonia, Latvia and Ireland.
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05/11/2013
Lone mothers lose legal challenge to benefit cap
Three lone mothers and their children have lost a legal challenge to the coalition government's household benefit cap. Judges in the High Court ruled that regulations brought in by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith are lawful and do not breach human rights under European law.
The £500-a-week cap affects housing benefit, child benefit and child tax credit for families not working enough hours to get working tax credit.
Lawyers acting for the families argued that the cap unlawfully discriminates against children and women, particularly those affected by domestic violence. They described the cap as a 'cruel and arbitrary' policy that will trap vulnerable women in violent relationships, and reduce capped household income to a level that will make it it impossible for parents to provide adequate food, clothing and other essentials for their children.Category: News stories -
10/04/2013
Family allowances ‘not key’ to tackling inequality
Family allowances are less effective than policies such as childcare and parental leave in reducing household income inequality, according to a research study of a range of developed countries.
American academics looked at how welfare state policies were related to households' relative incomes for 17, mainly European and north American, countries between 1985 and 2005. They focused on the intersection between household income, family structure and parental education level.
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23/01/2013
Lone parent poverty ‘key’ to women's inequality
Tackling poverty among lone mothers can play a crucial role in reducing the lifetime inequality in incomes faced by women, according to an analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The report also points out that the tax and benefits system inherited by the coalition in 2010 was 'particularly successful' in reducing income disparities for women during the main childbearing years.
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11/01/2013
Lone parents ‘skip meals to provide for children’
Some lone parents are skipping meals to ensure their children don't go without, according to a study examining experiences of living on a low income in a rural Scottish community. Stress over financial problems for lone parents is being compounded by fears about the impact of benefit cuts.
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13/11/2012
‘Little gain’ for lone parents under universal credit
The new universal credit scheme will leave most lone parents with incomes that are too low to provide a decent minimum standard of living, according to a report for the campaign group Gingerbread. The group calls for further steps to improve work rewards under the scheme.
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15/10/2012
Tax-benefit system ‘more redistributive’ for women
Changes to the tax and benefit system over the last two decades have strengthened its ability to reduce inequalities in women's lifetime income, according to a new think-tank study. A life-cycle perspective was adopted on women's lives in order to see how the system affects work incentives and redistributes income.
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