Poverty

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• David Clapson’s awful death was the result of grotesque government policies

  9 Sep 2014: Frances Ryan: The DWP brags about ending the ‘something for nothing’ culture, but benefit sanctions punish the unemployed, disabled and poor in ways that are utterly inhumane

• Why Asia is probably poorer than we think

  9 Sep 2014: Jayati Ghosh: Asia’s ‘success’ in reducing poverty uses a flawed system for measuring income and ignores food insecurity

• Poverty pay isn’t inevitable. Look to the cleaners of New York

  8 Sep 2014: Aditya Chakrabortty: In the US, the workers are organised. In Britain, even within the same hotel chain, earnings are lower and job insecurity higher

• Downton Abbey Britain: an era of silver spoons and poor doors

  8 Sep 2014: Britain is becoming a “Downton Abbey-style society”, according to the TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady. The row is a compelling drama

• When did 'aspiration' become a dirty word? When they sprayed it gold…

  7 Sep 2014:

  AL Kennedy: Two encounters on the streets of London: the gold Ferrari said: 'I have more money than you.' The begging mother said: 'I have none'

• There's poverty in the UK, but we are better off calling it inequality

  5 Sep 2014:

  If you think the world is too divided into those who have the cream and those who don't, you ain't seen nothing yet , says John Lanchester

• Has the UK broken its pledge to include Afghan women in peace-building?

  5 Sep 2014: Rachel Noble: As the Nato summit gets under way, the government’s promise to ensure women are fully represented is being put to the test

• Green party to call for £10 minimum wage for all by 2020

  4 Sep 2014:

  Party leader Natalie Bennett will argue minimum wage of £6.31 should be immediately raised to living wage level

• Charities, knitting and democracy

  4 Sep 2014: Letters: One cannot defeat poverty by practical projects alone. One cannot protect the environment for future generations by dry-stone walling and tidying up litter alone

• US household food insecurity remains at 2008 levels

  3 Sep 2014: Number of households that for at least part of the year did not have access to safe, available foods hovered around 14% since 2008

• Africa’s economic ‘rise’ does not reflect reality

  3 Sep 2014: Jostein Hauge: A more nuanced breakdown of the numbers suggests that the familiar narrative of a booming continent may be a myth

• Free school meals should be for those who need them, not those who don’t

  2 Sep 2014: Zoe Williams: This £1bn universal benefit is a punch in the face for the million people who need food banks

• Schools and poverty: 'It's a nightmare at this time of year'

  1 Sep 2014: From uniforms to study trips, state schools don't do enough to mitigate the corrosive effects of poverty on their least well off pupils, say campaigners.

• Don’t blame the parents of the Foxtons child cleaner

  1 Sep 2014: Alex Andreou: Corporations have a choice when it comes to choosing employees. Poor families may not have a choice in how they make ends meet

• What’s so bad about development?

  1 Sep 2014: Deborah Doane: Third world or global south? Pro-poor or pro-wealth? The term ‘development’ is a minefield that eclipses the real issues

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