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UK faces huge rise in poverty: IFS

The British government's tough spending cuts will push 600,000 more children into “absolute poverty,” peaking at 3.1 million by 2013, Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.

IFS, Britain's chief public finance think-tank, revealed that in 2010, 2.5 million children and 2.1 million working-age parents were living in absolute poverty, warning more people would find themselves in poverty in the next two years.

By 2013, 3.1 million children together with 2.5 million working-age parents and four million adults with no children would live in absolute poverty, IFS predicted.

The report, which was funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, also forecasted that by 2020 child poverty would be record high.

"Absolute and relative child poverty are forecast to be 23% and 24% in 2020-21 respectively. These compare with the targets of 5% and 10%, set out in the Child Poverty Act (2010).

"This would be the highest rate of absolute child poverty since 2001/02 and the highest rate of relative child poverty since 1999/2000," IFS report read.

Furthermore, the think-tank also reported that by 2013, the "squeezed middle" with middle incomes would fall by 7%, which would be “the largest three-year fall in median income since 1974-77.”

Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, accused the coalition ministers of being in denial, as their legacy threatens to be the worst poverty record of any government for a generation.

"They risk damaging childhoods and children's life chances, as well as our national economic wellbeing from wasted potential and social costs spiral. It would be a catastrophic failure in public policy and political leadership," Garnham said.

Liam Bryne, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said, "David Cameron promised us he would not increase child poverty. Now we have the truth. The Tory-led Government's decision to cut too far and too fast this year will condemn hundreds of thousands more children to grow up poor."

Universities Minister David Willetts blamed the former government for the country's economic crisis, insisting Britain is not as well as we thought.

"We have tried to do the things that help, but you can't ignore the basic rules of economics that when you inherit a situation where the economy has shrunk by 7% there isn't the money there."The British government's tough spending cuts will push 600,000 more children into... more

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UK unemployment jumps to 17-year high

The number of jobless in Britain increased by 114,000 people to 2.57 million between June and August, setting an 8.1 percent rate increase or a 17-year high record.

The figures published by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of unemployed British youths between 16 and 24 years of old also reached a record high of 991,000, a rate of 21.3 percent.

Meanwhile, the total jobless figures for 16 and 17-year-olds rose by 3,000 to 205,000, and long-term job losses increased by 60,000 to 867,000.

The ONS figures also showed that the rate of people who lost jobs and claiming benefits increased by 17,500 to reach 1.6 million, which is the highest level since 2010.

Brendan Barber, the general secretary of Trade Union Congress (TUC), condemned the coalition government's economic strategies.

"These are terrible figures. The government's austerity measures have turned unemployment into a full-blown crisis - with job losses not seen since the darkest days of the recession”, Barber said.

"Worryingly, this is not simply the result of eurozone troubles. This unemployment crisis is state-sponsored and areas like the North East are paying a heavy price, with over one in 10 people out of work."

Financial experts stressed that ONS report proved Britain has been dealing with a crippling economy.

Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight's top economist, said that there would be no getting away from the disappointing set of labour market data.

"It is evident that persistent economic weakness, lower business confidence and mounting public sector job cuts are combining to take an increasing toll on jobs. Meanwhile, ongoing muted wage growth is maintaining the serious squeeze on consumers' purchasing power," he added.

John Salt, director of jobsite Totaljobs, declared that women were badly hit by the country's economic downturn, and that “with deficit reduction priority number one, we can expect further public sector job cuts, which affect women disproportionately.”The number of jobless in Britain increased by 114,000 people to 2.57 million between... more

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Drug Cartels Receives Raw Deal

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UK To Commit To Same Sex Marriage Tomorrow .. so evolve already Obama.

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The Failed Policy Called Government

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UK’s new ‘supercop’ creates more fear than protection

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Jacked at London riot

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'Free Topiary' - from Anonymous to celebrity hacktivist

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Cinema And Culture - Islamist Regime of Iran Back-turns On Ahmadinejad A President Who Never Was

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Mafia Favorites Still In Power

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Prince William married with Kate Middleton on Friday!

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Police swoop on young sisters who picked daffodils in the park | UK news | guardian.co.uk

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When will 'Great' Britain get a back bone ????

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christianity is EVIL!

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Homosexuality in the Classroom

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Coulson Resigns From Downing Street Job

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Varadero well in UK Central North Sea strikes oil

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UK Government introduces permanent levy on banks

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