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In Work Poverty

Is Underemployment the New Normal?

Giselle Cory | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Self-Employment, Underemployment, Resolution Foundation, Unemployment, UK Business, In-Work Poverty, Poverty, Part-Time Work, UK Economy, UK Politics News
Giselle Cory

There's a real policy challenge in how we support people who, despite being in work, aren't working enough hours. This is a notoriously tricky thing to get right.

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The Beveridge Legacy

Alison Garnham | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Welfare, Child Poverty, Social Security, Iain Duncan Smith, Bbc, UK Business, In-Work Poverty, Benefits, UK Impact, Jobseeker's Allowance, Child Poverty Action Group, UK Economy, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK Politics News
Alison Garnham

Beveridge pointed the way to mutual support and pooling risk - principles we should return to if we truly intend to be all in it together.

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Fixing the Jobs Market a Must if We're to Overcome the Scourge of In-work Poverty

Aleks Collingwood | Posted 26.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: In-Work Poverty, Poverty, UK Impact, Unemployment, UK Economy, UK Business, Jobs Market, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Charities, UK Politics News
Aleks Collingwood

The six million people in poverty in working households show that at the moment, work is not the route out of poverty - so something needs to be done to ensure that it is.

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