goodoldboy
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1. 30 % of children in the UK live in poverty
2. 2,1 million live in poverty in families with at least one working parent.
3. Poverty is defined for a family with two children as an income of less than 15000 pounds a year
4.The number of professionals and managers claiming job seekers allowance(JSA) doubled between 2007 and 2009.
5. 70% of jobs in the hotel and restaurant sectors pay less than 7 pounds per hour – in retail this figure is 50%.
6. 48% of unemployed people without children do not claim the benefits to which they are entitled.
7. 64% of benefit claimants do not have children.
8. 66% of the population have an income of less than 24000 pounds a year.
9. The richest 25% of the population own 72% of the countries wealth.
10.Burglaries and violent crime have fallen by 50% in the last 10 years.
11.20% of people who are entitled to housing benefit do not claim it.
Perhaps the most worrying statistic , 63% of people feel that they cannot affect local decisions and 80% fell they cannot affect national decisions
Sources:The institute of fiscal studies , department of work & pensiones &the Joseph rowntree foundation report Monitoring poverty & social exclusion.
2. 2,1 million live in poverty in families with at least one working parent.
3. Poverty is defined for a family with two children as an income of less than 15000 pounds a year
4.The number of professionals and managers claiming job seekers allowance(JSA) doubled between 2007 and 2009.
5. 70% of jobs in the hotel and restaurant sectors pay less than 7 pounds per hour – in retail this figure is 50%.
6. 48% of unemployed people without children do not claim the benefits to which they are entitled.
7. 64% of benefit claimants do not have children.
8. 66% of the population have an income of less than 24000 pounds a year.
9. The richest 25% of the population own 72% of the countries wealth.
10.Burglaries and violent crime have fallen by 50% in the last 10 years.
11.20% of people who are entitled to housing benefit do not claim it.
Perhaps the most worrying statistic , 63% of people feel that they cannot affect local decisions and 80% fell they cannot affect national decisions
Sources:The institute of fiscal studies , department of work & pensiones &the Joseph rowntree foundation report Monitoring poverty & social exclusion.
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