Child Poverty In UK 'The Bigger Picture' – Video

Posted: Published on February 8th, 2013

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Child Poverty In UK #39;The Bigger Picture #39;
As many as 2.3 million children are not being included in official poverty statistics despite living "materially deprived" lives, according to a new report. Households are currently deemed to be living below the poverty line if the money coming in is less than 60% of the average income. But the think tank Policy Exchange says that definition is too narrow and that social deprivation should also be considered. "It doesn #39;t matter if you are just above the line or below the line," said the head of economics and social policy at the organisation, Matthew Oakley . "If you have poor education, poor housing, you #39;re struggling with family life, there #39;s debt in the household, we should be trying to help these families... Just focusing on income clearly isn #39;t enough." Ruth Woodgate lives with her two daughters in the Nelson ward of Great Yarmouth, where nearly half of all children suffer poverty. With 209 coming in each week, they are living way below the poverty line. All too often she relies on her bowl of coppers to find enough money for a loaf of bread. "I find I #39;m constantly having to fight with myself not to feel bad about things because I know it isn #39;t my fault, but the way I feel not having the money to do what I want to do for my children, to provide what I want for my children, makes me feel I #39;m a failure." Policy Exchange accuses politicians of increasing handouts to those not in work simply to push them above the poverty line, rather than helping them find work. Ms ...

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