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Copyright:jimmy harris under creative commons33%of adults in Northern Ireland have witnessed a bomb explosion.
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Copyright:Paul Box/reportdigital.co.uk29%of households cut the hours their heating is on to reduce fuel costs.
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Copyright:Justin Tallis/reportdigital.co.uk18%of households have a constant struggle to keep up with their bills or have fallen behind.
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Copyright:PSE 2013Do men and women differ significantly in their attitudes to necessities?
What difference does education make?
Which groups differ the most?
Young woman with pushchair, graffiti Copyright: David Mansell/reportdigital.co.uk Today 33% of the UK population suffer from multiple deprivation as defined by the UK public; in 1983 this figure was 14%. The 3rd Peter Townsend Memorial Conference: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK will be held in London, 19 - 20 June 2014... |
The latest edition of Poverty in Scotland, 2014, sets out to inform the independence debate in Scotland, providing the latest facts and figures and looking at how other regions and nations have tackled the problem. Gerry Mooney gives an overview... |
Balcony flats Copyright: Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk The Department of Communities and Local Government claims that the Troubled Families Programme is ‘on track at the half-way stage’. Ruth Levitas unpicks the figures and argues this is far from the truth. |
The PSE website
This website is part of a major ESRC research project, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (PSE: UK) and offers a comprehensive research and teaching tool.
As well as providing full details of the PSE UK research project itself, it includes a searchable digest of recent news stories, reports and specially commissioned articles on poverty and social exclusion in the UK, video testimonies of living in poverty and details of projects encouraging collaboration between research and community groups.
PSE Research has the first results from the two PSE UK surveys, including the first report, The Impoverishment of the UK, and short accessible summaries under Key findings. Full data from the attitudes to necessities survey is now available to investigate under Explore the data and the top level results for the living standards survey can be found under Questionnaires.
Do contact us, if you have suggestions for improvements.
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