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UK poverty 2017
— summary | | Author(s) | Helen Barnard, Ashwin Kumar, Andrew Wenham |
| Corporate Author | Analysis Unit, Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, December 2017 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Inspiring social change; Ref 3272) |
| Source | Link to download: https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-poverty-2017 |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Social indicators ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | Over the last 20 years, the UK has seen very significant falls in poverty among children and pensioners. In 1994/95, 28% of pensioners lived in poverty, falling to 13% in 2011/12. However, poverty rates have started to rise again, to 16% for pensioners in 2015/16. This is summary of the main report, 'UK poverty 2017: a comprehensive analysis of poverty trends and figures' (113 pp). It is based on analysis of a range of household surveys and published statistics, and examines how UK poverty has changed in the last 20 years, as well as more recent developments. Among key points are that and around one in six pensioners in the poorest fifth of the population, are socially isolated; and 70% of people in work are not contributing to a pension. The main fall in the pensioner poverty rate was among single pensioners between 1998/99 and 2004/05. This was helped by increased state support for low-income pensioners through the Pension Credit Guarantee (previously the Minimum Income Guarantee - MIG) and rising home ownership, which reduced the proportion having to meet rising rents. Howewever, the Pension Credit Guarantee has failed to keep up with prices; and housing costs for those pensioners still renting have risen. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171205001 A |
| Classmark | W6: TM:3RI: 6C |
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