The New Poverty

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Policy, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Stephen Armstrong ISBN: 9781786634672
Publisher: Verso Books Publication: November 14, 2017
Imprint: Verso Language: English
Author: Stephen Armstrong
ISBN: 9781786634672
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication: November 14, 2017
Imprint: Verso
Language: English

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.

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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.

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