| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Robert Fish | |
| Date/Time: | 12/06/23 09:04:00 |
| A rubbish conclusion, based on selective statistics! It looks to me as if you're quoting the Joseph Rowntree 2023 UK Poverty Report but have deliberately suppressed the parts which undermine your argument. The report argues that there were exceptional reasons underlying the one-off fall in child poverty in 2020/21. A falling average income caused the relative poverty line to drop, and at the same time there were a number of temporary coronavirus support schemes introduced, including a £20 per week uplift to universal credit. In the first year of the Blair administration 33% of children lived in poverty. By 2010/11 this had fallen to 27%. During the years of Conservative government it rose to 31% by 2019/20. And everything points to it increasing again after the one-off fall in 2020/21. As Basil might say: excellent job, my arse! |