Poverty hits twice as many British households as 30 years ago - Polidicks

[quote] The number of British households falling below minimum living standards has more than doubled in the past 30 years, despite the size of the economy increasing twofold, a study on poverty and deprivation in the UK claims . According to the study, 33% of households endure below-par living standards – defined as going without three or more "basic necessities of life", such as being able to adequately feed and clothe themselves and their children, and to heat and insure their homes. In the early 1980s, the comparable figure was 14%. The research, billed as the most detailed study ever of poverty in the UK, claims that almost 18 million Britons live in inadequate housing conditions and that 12 million are too poor to take part in all the basic social activities – such as entertaining friends or attending all the family occasions they would wish to. It suggests that one in three people cannot afford to heat their homes properly, while 4 million adults and children are not able to eat healthily. Having someone in the household in work does not prevent British families from facing tough living conditions, according to the research, undertaken by the Poverty and Social Exclusion project (PSE). It found that many households that were struggling had at least one adult in work. [/quote] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/19/poverty-hits-twice-as-many-british-households[/url]

[url]http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/Social%20mobility%20and%20inequality.png[/url] This graph and a number of others outlining similar statistics (social mobility and inequality) suggest that UK has less social mobility and more inequality (relative to the size of the pie and how it is distributed) than Pakistan

Didn't think we needed graphs and charts to know that conservatives widen the wealth gap. These cuts are seriously too deep man

[QUOTE=Nightsure;45154099]Didn't think we needed graphs and charts to know that conservatives widen the wealth gap. These cuts are seriously too deep man[/QUOTE] A poor person in Pakistan has a better chance of becoming rich and has a fairer share than a poor person in the UK. Pakistan is more of a meritocracy than the UK. That's a pretty poor show.

Is anyone even surprised? Really?

Food prices more expensive, gas and electric more expensive, mortgages are costly, house prices are ridiculously overpriced, wages have barely increased since 2007 to compensate. wow are people like actually surprised that we're all fucking poor

[img]http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/david-cameron.jpg[/img] Cuts are a stupid backward ass twisted way to repair an economy and our government just can't be stupid enough to not know that.

[QUOTE=CrumbleShake;45154343][img]http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/david-cameron.jpg[/img] Cuts are a stupid backward ass twisted way to repair an economy and every government(bar some) is stupid enough to not know that.[/QUOTE] FTFY.

It's extremely difficult to live in this country, taxation is out of control. They thought increasing taxes (like the ridiculous fuel tax and VAT increase to name a couple) would fix the economy by taking money from people who had nothing left to give. If people could afford to drive more to shop for things they otherwise wouldn't be able to get to and buy more in general from lower VAT, then there would be more commerce and the economy would be stimulated. Instead, what's happening is people are having to save every penny and buy less and less. The government thought people would be buying as much as they were 10 years ago regardless of tax increase and that would be a quick fix to get more money. What we need is lower taxes, and people will buy more and the economy will grow, and that increase in people buying will compensate for the lower taxes. You know it's massively fucked up when 1 in 3 people in the country are below minimum living standards. I hate this country and I'm stuck here.

no it doesn't

[QUOTE=Mother Fucker;45154555]no it doesn't[/QUOTE] Oh okay fair enough. Move along everyone, apparently this study's wrong.