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Poverty is not just about income Among children in Sweden growing up in single-parent families, the incidence of poverty is more than three times as high (24.7%) than those in families with two parents (8.1%) and, just as in the UK , children from non-intact families in comparison with ...

Poverty is not just about income : The JRF's most recent publication, Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011, not only warns against relying too heavily on the tax-and-benefit system to tackle poverty, but also cautions against focusing solely on child poverty. ... The Guardian (blog)

We should push harder for end to poverty - In South Lakeland we have more than 2,000 children who are considered to be in poverty (after housing costs) and the number is expected to increase materially in the next four years. This is not just disgraceful in a wealthy society like ours, it is also a dreadful waste of resources (If you want to check the statistics, have a look at www.endchildpoverty.org.uk). Many of the children in poverty are in households where there is at least one income earner. So poverty is not directly related to unemployment. Indeed if it was, we would have a very low level of poverty, as we have a low level of unemployment in the district. Actually our issue is that wages are too low, and the benefits system is not adequate. I am not only horrified and embarrassed by the anxiety, stress, and malnutrition that poverty can cause, I am also shocked at the wastefulness. Children born in poverty have significantly less educational achievement, shor...

UK Child Poverty: Think tank urges government to replace current targets with ... : “Poverty is not just about income, it is about family breakdown, educational failure, intergenerational worklessness, addiction, serious personal debt and poor mental health .” He went on to call on the government “to make a bold commitment to ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Stigmabase | Egaylity