Poverty: the real story?
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A new report tells the stories of 20 people living in poverty, struggling against the odds – as well as hardening attitudes and a lack of understanding of their lives – and calls urgently for change.
Sally’s unemployed son Chris lives with her in the Midlands. They both live on benefits. Sally is an activist with an anti-poverty organisation. Chris was sanctioned for being late for an appointment with his private sector Work Programme advisor. Road works slowed the bus down, and he had run out of credit on his mobile so could not ring to let them know. The decision by the Jobcentre to sanction him was taken on the basis of DNA – ‘did not attend’. He won his case on appeal – but only a long time after Sally had supported him on her benefits for the month he had no Jobseeker’s Allowance.
Jenny has long-standing health problems and severe learning difficulties. She has managed her benefits money well for many years. But recently she has been under pressure from her bank because of an...
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