This is the Channel Four news segment I discussed in the last session. HARD TIMES? I think so!
https://www.channel4.com/news/un-probes-uk-poverty-amid-benefits-shake-up
Here is a link to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Website.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/could-government-have-done-more-enable-people
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-poverty-2017
The GUARDIAN:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/22/un-poverty-chief-calls-for-e
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION RECORDED IN 2017 THAT 60% of ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE UK ARE LIVING IN WORKING HOUSEHOLDS. CLEARLY THE 'WORKING POOR' IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE WITHIN THE PAGES OF DICKENS' HARD TIMES.
LAST WEEK THE UNITED NATIONS PUBLISHED A REPORT ON POVERTY IN BRITAIN.
Channel Four News segment:
https://www.channel4.com/news/un-expert-says-austerity-has-condemned-millions-to-poverty
Government response..
https://www.channel4.com/news/mel-stride-mp-in-this-government-there-is
Amber Rudd's response...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6406423/Amber-Rudd-dismisses-UN-poverty-report-returns-line-politics.html
Amber Rudd in Parliament..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jbM_53G1Bs
BIG ISSUE article...
https://www.bigissue.com/latest/social-activism/the-un-poverty-report-highlits-a-national-emergency-that-we-must-act-on/
BBC Article...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46236642
Any consideration of the issues explored by Dickens needs to be placed within the context of our own world.
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