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13/12/2004
Poor families in Britain's city's highlighted
The spotlight has been thrown on poverty in regions of Glasgow, London, Liverpool and Manchester in a new report released today.
The 'Strategies Against Poverty' report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that in 180 wards, more than half the children are in families receiving out-of-work, means-tested benefits. Glasgow has more of these wards than any other local authority area, followed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Liverpool, Manchester and the London Borough of Hackney.
Indicators that reveal the concentrations of child poverty, poor housing, school underachievement and crime in Britain’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods should be used by government to intensify the struggle against deprivation and social exclusion during the next 20 years, said the Foundation.
Launched today at a conference in York, the Foundation welcomed the Government’s commitment to reducing poverty in the interests of society as a whole. The figures revealed the intense concentrations of disadvantage that exist within neighbourhoods in some of Britain’s major cities.
An analysis of family poverty prepared for the conference showed that one in five children in England, Scotland and Wales are living in families receiving means-tested benefits where their parents or carers are not working. In 100 local authority wards with the worst concentrations of poverty, almost six out of ten children live in families relying on Income Support and other means-tested benefits.
Special Adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and author of the report, Donald Hirsch, said: “Policy thinkers from across the political spectrum now recognise the importance of tackling the disadvantage of ‘poverty’ and ‘place’. This reflects increasing awareness that without action to deal with the corrosive consequences of deprivation there is little hope of solving related problems such as drug cultures, crime and family breakdown that are fed by hopelessness."
The report sets out a ‘road map’ for a long-term anti-poverty strategy based on core challenges for government and society.
Lord Richard Best, Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: “We have been consulting widely on how a commitment to tackle disadvantage can be sustained over the next 20 years. This has led us to the positive conclusion that there are real opportunities to make significant and sustained progress, provided the political will exists."
(SP/MB)
The 'Strategies Against Poverty' report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that in 180 wards, more than half the children are in families receiving out-of-work, means-tested benefits. Glasgow has more of these wards than any other local authority area, followed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Liverpool, Manchester and the London Borough of Hackney.
Indicators that reveal the concentrations of child poverty, poor housing, school underachievement and crime in Britain’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods should be used by government to intensify the struggle against deprivation and social exclusion during the next 20 years, said the Foundation.
Launched today at a conference in York, the Foundation welcomed the Government’s commitment to reducing poverty in the interests of society as a whole. The figures revealed the intense concentrations of disadvantage that exist within neighbourhoods in some of Britain’s major cities.
An analysis of family poverty prepared for the conference showed that one in five children in England, Scotland and Wales are living in families receiving means-tested benefits where their parents or carers are not working. In 100 local authority wards with the worst concentrations of poverty, almost six out of ten children live in families relying on Income Support and other means-tested benefits.
Special Adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and author of the report, Donald Hirsch, said: “Policy thinkers from across the political spectrum now recognise the importance of tackling the disadvantage of ‘poverty’ and ‘place’. This reflects increasing awareness that without action to deal with the corrosive consequences of deprivation there is little hope of solving related problems such as drug cultures, crime and family breakdown that are fed by hopelessness."
The report sets out a ‘road map’ for a long-term anti-poverty strategy based on core challenges for government and society.
Lord Richard Best, Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: “We have been consulting widely on how a commitment to tackle disadvantage can be sustained over the next 20 years. This has led us to the positive conclusion that there are real opportunities to make significant and sustained progress, provided the political will exists."
(SP/MB)
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