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The United Kingdom is a developed country with comparatively large income differences. As such, those at the lower end of the income distribution have a relatively low standard of living. New data released by Department for Work and Pensions show that the number of people living in the UK in relative poverty has risen over the past two years. W

Resources

Apps for sustainability

StreetLink, enables the public to alert local authorities in England about people sleeping rough in their area. W

Citizens data initiative

As of 2013, there are 10.6 million people with income below 60% of the inflation-adjusted 2010/11 median (termed "absolute low income" by the DWP), up from 9.7 million in 2012. In 2014, another report by Institute for Fiscal Studies said that 23.2% of Britons were now in relative poverty, the highest since 2001.

It has been found by the Poverty and Social Exclusion project at Bristol University in 2014, that the proportion of households lacking three items or activities deemed necessary for life in the UK at that time (as defined by a survey of the wider population) has increased from 14% in 1983 to 33% in 2012. W

Briefing 17: Who owns all the land? Inequality Briefing

Research

Minimum Income Standard for the UK, Loughborough University

Poverty and Social Exclusion

Video

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See also

External links

  • The Equality Trust, campaigning organisation founded in 2009 by Bill Kerry, Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett after the publication of Wikinson and Pickett's book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better. It is dedicated to reducing income inequality in the UK. W
  • Groundswell
  • Inclusion, promoting social inclusion in the labour market
  • Inequality Briefing
  • New Policy Institute, think tank


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