Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Good Grief - Tottenham Constituency near top of National Child Poverty League
New figures realeased by The Campaign to End Child Poverty today show 174 constituencies in Britain have 50 per cent or more children living in or on the brink of poverty. The breakdown shows Tottenham is at joint 4th highest with Hackney, based on worklessness and joint 7th based on low income.
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Permalink Reply by Margaret Fowler on
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I am not criticising the article, I am disgusted by John's comment.My friends in Tottenham would be very upset by that tone. I don't actually want to engage in this discussion any further.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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I think John was not being serious but he needs to work on his satire skills perhaps.
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Permalink Reply by rahman on
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id like to know what makes the shortlist for essential items when calculating the threshold for child poverty. i couldnt really find much detail on the website. hmmm.
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The campaign to end Child Poverty classes households as being in poverty if they are living on under £10 per person per day, which sounds like a lot until you think that a loaf of bread is now over a pound and presumably that includes paying bills, bus fares etc. It also says under so could potentially be much less money.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Three things struck me when I read Hugh's post.
First that it was from HoL and not in an email from one of my Labour colleagues saying: "This is awful. What on earth can and should we do differently?" Nor have I seen a briefing from one of the Council's so-called "policy" staff highlighting for councillors and residents the research by the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion and its implications for Haringey.
Second, that whatever disagreements we have about the banking crisis, its short-to-medium impact is likely to be felt most by those already worse-off.
And third, that "old" socialist ideas about homes having "use value" and not just "exchange value" - aren't so old-fashioned and silly, after all.
Because in Tottenham, homes and housing are at the dead centre of a lot of poverty issues. I include homelessness, overcrowding, health (including mental ill health), and educational under-achievement. Sure, as Bushy says, many complex factors. But maybe a bit simpler than we think if the housing issue was seriously tackled.
[This is an amended repost.]
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More on local figures for child poverty and Haringey's response to the report
here
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I heard on the radio yesterday a news report that local councils were challenging the legislation as (surprise, surprise) the bettings shops were not opening coffee lounge style betting clubs for the wealthy in well heeled areas but saturating poor areas with grotty bookies. However I can't find a link to the story or the origin of it.
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A new study finds that Child poverty costs Britain at least £25bn a year because of the extra burden placed on state services by child poverty, as well as income and tax revenues lost to the country in the long term as a result of a child's poor performance in education. The full cost could be much higher because the teams that compiled the study used their most conservative estimates in coming to the final £25bn figure.
Donald Hirsch, an independent adviser who oversaw the project, said: "The Government's argument for spending £37bn on bailing out our banking system was that the move was needed to ensure the long-term health of the country. Exactly the same logic should be used here."
Quite...
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