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BBC Three’s Growing Up Poor highlighted two of the biggest problems facing young people from low-income backgrounds today, says Helen Barnard – the shortages of jobs and housing.
It is not being older that is a problem, but being older in our current society; and we can work together now collectively to start to change this. So says Vic Forrest, author of a new report published by JRF.
The new simplified state pension provides a safety net so that most pensioners should achieve an acceptable standard of living – as long as they claim all the benefits they’re entitled to.
As the social care funding debate continues, JRF’s evidence warns against viewing informal support simply as an ‘additional resource to be tapped into’, says Ilona Haslewood.
How could housing protect people in the UK from the worst effects of poverty? Kathleen Kelly highlights some of the issues JRF is exploring in its new work on housing and poverty.
The reality and the politics of poverty look increasingly desperate and frightening as 2012 comes to a close, says Julia Unwin. So how can we change this?
When most people think of loneliness they think of an elderly person, but as Jamal Blades discusses, older people aren’t always the ones who are lonely.
