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The New Poverty

The New Poverty

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75 years after the Beveridge Report: The shocking extent of hardship in the UK

Right now in the UK, 13 million people live in poverty; one in five children subsist below the poverty line. Figures such as these suggest devastating repercussions for health, education and life expectancy. The new poor, however, is an even larger group than these official statistics suggest, and its conditions are something new to our era. More often than not, these people are the working poor, living precariously and betrayed by austerity.

In The New Poverty, Stephen Armstrong tells the stories of the most vulnerable in British society. He explores an unreported country, abandoned by politicians and stranded as the welfare state has shrunk. Furthermore, as benefit cuts continue into 2018 and beyond, Armstrong asks what will be the long-term impact of Brexit and—on the anniversary of the Beveridge Report—what we can do to keep the giants of indigence at bay.

Author(s): Stephen Armstrong
Publication year: 2017
Publication date: 2017-11-14
Pages: 256
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 9781786634634
Dimensions: 13.97 x 2.03 x 21.08 cm
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