Millions need to double their income to escape poverty
6 million of the poorest individuals, classified as living in very deep poverty, would need their incomes more than doubled on average to escape hardship.
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Call for ban on zero-hour contracts as work poverty rises
Workers in poverty went up for the third year in a row.
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In-work poverty will still affect over 3 million children
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission finds that 3.5 million children will be in...
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Lack of social mobility in UK holding millions of people back, says TUC
The UK’s poor track record of social mobility means that people’s life chances are too dependent...
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An insecure jobs market traps people in poverty, says Julia Unwin of JRF
Our reporter Odira Ndulue interviewed Julia Unwin of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. You recently...
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New report calls for fathers to be able to spend more time with their family
Families with a traditional ‘breadwinner’ model, where one parent (usually the father) goes out to...
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Poor children’s life chances determined by age seven say Save the Children
In a new report entitled “Too Young to Fail,” the charity said being behind at reading, writing...
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Ethnic minorities face multiple problems in getting promoted
New research published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that promotion possibilities for...
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