Regular reports on
the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the
neo-capitalist world
UK:
“On
Monday, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation released a report showing that
some 8.1 million parents and children are living on earnings that
cannot adequately cover minimum household budgets, up from 5.9
million in 2008-2009. The findings also showed that the situation
for single-parent households were even worse with 71 percent of
lone parents, or 2.3 million individuals, living below a socially
acceptable standard of living.”
“The
charity called on Prime Minister David Cameron’s government as well
as employers to tackle the problem as 'this trend is likely to have
serious consequences for the next generation.' Donald Hirsch, a
co-author of the report, said it would take years of increased
earnings and government measures to significantly reduce the number
of families living below standards.”
“The
current UK government has been implementing austerity measures since
it came to power in 2010 in a bid to tackle the country’s mounting
debt and sluggish growth. The cuts have severely hit the poorest
households in the country, forcing many of them to choose between
paying for food or energy.”
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