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What has happened to 'Severe Poverty' under Labour?

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This election briefing note finds strong evidence of an increase in the rate of severe poverty since 2004-05, mirroring a rise in the official poverty rate, although the rate of persistent poverty does seem to have fallen under Labour, at least until 2007.

7 April 2010

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What's the point of the Child Poverty Bill?

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The Child Poverty Bill, due to be debated in the new Parliamentary Session, places a duty on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ensure that child poverty in 2020-21 is eradicated. But how can such a duty be legally enforced? Might there be a better way to improve poor children's lives? And is legislation needed at all?

20 November 2009

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Have the poor got poorer under Labour?

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One of David Cameron's key themes in his speech to the Conservative Party conference was that Labour has "made the poorest poorer", "left youth unemployment higher" and "made inequality greater". How fair are these accusations?

13 October 2009

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Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2009

Event 8 May 2009 at 11:30 <p>7 Ridgmount Street<br />London<br />WC1E 7AE</p>
The Government's latest figures on the distribution of income and the extent of relative poverty in the UK will be released by the Department for Work and Pensions on Thursday 7 May. The IFS will release a full report on the latest figures and recent trends on Friday 8 May.
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Living standards during previous recessions

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This Briefing Note aims to document the course of average living standards, and those of particular subgroups in society, during the previous three UK recessions.

8 May 2009

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Ministers suggest more realistic child poverty target

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Last week ministers made changes to the Government's child poverty targets, suggesting that it would be enough to cut the proportion of children in poverty on the most familiar definition to 10% rather than the 5% they have so far aspired to.

6 February 2009