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Everyday essentials: meeting basic needs — research into accessing essential goods and services
Corporate Author	National Consumer Council - NCC
Publisher	National Consumer Council - NCC, London, 2003
Pages	16 pp (NCC findings)
Source	National Consumer Council, 20 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1H 0DH. www.ncc.org.uk
Keywords	Services ; Companies ; Poor elderly ; Consumer ; Needs [elderly] ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	Debates about social exclusion and poverty have recognised the importance of service deprivation - that is, insufficient access to essential goods and services. Water, health services and telephones are essential to consumers' everyday lives, but in UK and European Union (EU) social policy that deals with those goods and services all consumers should be entitled to, there is a lack of clarity and consistency. These research findings are published as part of the National Curriculum Council (NCC) Everyday Essentials project, and based on qualitative research conducted in September/October 2002 with those on low incomes living in deprived areas (Tower Hamlets in London, Toxteth in Liverpool, and Camborne, Redruth and Hayle in Cornwall). Respondents included people from black or minority ethnic communities, and people with basic skills difficulties. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030321205 B
Classmark	I: X2: F:W6: WY: IK: 3A:6KC
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