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Poor to bear brunt of fiscal squeeze

Poverty will become more widespread when the coalition government's austerity measures kick in, writes Larry Elliott, Economics editor, The Guardian.

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Necessities survey

The Poverty and Social Exclusion surveys pioneered using public opinion to set minimum living standards. We are again asking people which items and activities from a range of aspects of our living standards should be seen as necessities.

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