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Unite renewed calls for an immediate increase to the national minimum wage to tackle in-work poverty, following publication of a Living Wage Commission report. 
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One of Britain's most senior Catholics has renewed his attack on the government's welfare policies when he said taxes are driving single-income families into poverty.
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The TUC has issued a challenge to employers to pay the Living Wage
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Labour leader Ed Miliband welcomed the latest employment figures but attacked David Cameron because more than half of 13 million living in poverty have jobs
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Parties also need to reduce childcare and housing costs, improve the quality of part-time jobs and create better progression routes for low paid workers.
Olivia Win's comment,
January 27, 2014 11:47 PM
yes, i agree that increasing the minimum wage is not fully preventing poverty, but only one of the means to try to prevent poverty. there are still quite alot of things to be taken care of in poverty. as poverty is a very serious condition that most people all over the world knows about it, not alot of people is helping out with it. major changes in the society have to be done in order to help with out with poverty.
Olivia Win's curator insight,
January 28, 2014 10:58 PM
yes, i agree that increasing the minimum wage is not fully preventing poverty, but only one of the means to try to prevent poverty. there are still quite alot of things to be taken care of in poverty. as poverty is a very serious condition that most people all over the world knows about it, not alot of people is helping out with it. major changes in the society have to be done in order to help with out with poverty. 
Krithigah Muthukumar's curator insight,
February 23, 2014 1:18 AM
I agree that increasing wage is not the only solution for poverty. Not just in London is there problems like this. In the news I have heard that though we have an increase the wage all over other expenses are increasing in price. Some people have to take of old people, little children bedridden therefore many expenses are to made. While reading this article I thought of the government supporting the family in poor income or people who really cannot effort the expenses they have to make this way it will be helpful for the people who needs help. It seems obvious that raising the minimum wage eg. like increasing take up of the Living Wage would reduce in-work poverty by increasing overall household incomes. I am still confused about an increase in the pay still isn’t enough for the people. Why cant the government help the people in poverty. Is it that hard to help them? Or why is the increase in wage isn’t enough. Why do they exceed their expenses? .
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RICHARD LYNCH says poverty pay is unacceptable in a country awash with wealth. It’s time we demanded proper wages for all
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The biggest drop in living standards since the Victorian age is seeing low and middle earners suffering an unprecedented squeeze on their incomes as austerity measures continue to bite, with women and part-time workers disproportionately affected,...
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Gavin Kelly: Low pay is not simply a rite of passage that young people go through, the odds of escaping are truly grim
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It will be difficult to reduce levels of child poverty in the UK without a concerted effort to increase the employment rate of workless partners.
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Families with a traditional ‘breadwinner’ model, where one parent (usually the father) goes out to work while the other stays at home to care for children, are the largest group of households with children living in poverty, according to research published today (13 November) from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
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TUC index suggests job quality has remained close to a 20-year low, as a feature of "joyless" economic recovery (Pictured: TUC's #Oct30 march, 2012)
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Hundreds of staff at Scottish colleges and universities are not being paid a living wage, according to unions.
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Turn2us - a charity that helps all people in need access benefits and grants - has just launched its annual Benefits Awareness Month campaign.
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Millions of low-paid workers are trapped in an unbreakable cycle of poverty, and are even turning up at food banks in their lunch breaks asking for help to feed their families, the Archbishop of York warns.
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Report shows real incomes 6% below pre-crisis peak, while public borrowing is projected to be 7% of national income
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David Cameron has been urged to increase the national minimum wage in a bid to win back poor voters who have lost faith in capitalism, Tory MPs have warned.
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The myth that 'hard work' will keep you out of the poverty trap is unravelling under Iain Duncan Smith, writes BERNADETTE HORTON
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A YouGov survey discovered 78% of people believe more will turn to food banks next year as the cost-of-living crisis deepens - 17% are happy with the Government
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With one in six of the workforce having claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance in the last two years, job insecurity is hindering attempts to reduce poverty.
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A Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report has found that more working families are now living in poverty than workless households and that pensioner poverty is at its lowest level for 30 years.
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Nick Clegg has called for fresh income tax breaks for the UK's lowest-paid workers as he tries to distance the Liberal Democrats from their Conservative coalition partners before the 2015 general election.
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More must be done to provide affordable childcare to enable women to go back to work, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said.
huang junyi's curator insight,
January 21, 2014 9:10 AM
The feminist approach to poverty focuses on the gender implications and social costs of poverty.
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People are escaping the drudgery of unemployment only to find themselves in working poverty, TUC leader Frances O'Grady warned yesterday.
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One told Nursing Standard magazine: “I shop on a tight budget and have even limited my toilet roll to two or three squares”
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