The current cost of living is pushing more people into poverty, with almost 68% of low income...
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14/05/2020
COVID-19 Impact on UK Households
50 per cent of UK households believe they will struggle to meet their financial commitments over the next three months. In the first three weeks after the UK government introduced the ‘lockdown’, an estimated 7 million households had lost their earned income...
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03/07/2019
Adaptive deprivation
Deprivation scales are becoming increasingly familiar in reseach and in official statistics on poverty. They have been included in a number of UK surveys, including the Family Resources Survey, the Scottish Household Survey and the UK Household Longitudinal Study, for example.
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26/06/2019
Shame, Poverty and Health Seminar
A video of the 'Shame, Poverty and Health' seminar at the University of Exeter in July is now available to watch here. The seminar explored the how poverty undermines individuals' wellbeing, confidence and dignity.
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08/12/2017
The centrality of poverty
Poverty as measured by material deprivation through lack of economic resources remains absolutely central to understanding the causation of most aspects of social exclusion and a range of social outcomes, concludes the 2nd of the two-volume PSE-UK study.
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25/06/2017
Proposals to tackle persistent debt
With an estimated 3.3 million people paying more on interest in an 18 month period than they do on repaying what they owe, the Financial Conduct Authority's proposal for new rules for banks on tackling persistent debt need to be taken seriously. They could help banks as well as those in debt, argues Lindsey Burton
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07/03/2016
Urban and rural poverty in Scotland
Analysis of the PSE-UK survey results finds significant poverty in every kind of location in Scotland with poverty highest in large urban areas and lowest in remote towns though there is strong evidence that access to services is worse in more rural or remote locations.Category: PSE Report -
01/05/2015
UK living standards: PSE election briefing
PSE analysis of unpublished data shows that the majority of the UK population has suffered from a fall in their living standards during the current government’s term of office. The data, which the DWP had declined to publish before the election, was released to the EU statistical office.
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06/06/2014
Methods
As part of our commitment to public engagement, the PSE has sought to create a model or process to connect low income communities with PSE research, to amplify their voices by linking their local experiences to a national research project and to share their findings via digital media tools, such as the PSE website.
This working paper describes an experimental collaboration between members of the Poverty and Social Exclusion project (PSE), the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) and communities from some of the most deprived wards in Northern Ireland taking part in CFNI's Communities in Action programme.
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25/05/2014
Hard times: 2014
The Hard Times reports provide evidence gathered by communities themselves on the impact of austerity and cuts on families and young people across Northern Ireland. Watch the accompanying films on home repossession, struggles with debt and youth hopes and dreams on the community webpages.
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27/03/2014
Paying bills a struggle for 1 in 8 in Wales
As many as one in eight people in Wales are finding it a 'constant struggle' to keep up with their bills, according to the latest findings from the National Survey of Wales.
The National Survey collects detailed information on the views and experiences of people across Wales on a wide range of topics, involving face-to-face interviews with around 14,500 people a year. The latest report, for 2012-13, focuses on the issue of financial inclusion.
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