Links to online resources and sources of information
Poverty today
Shelter: https://england.shelter.org.uk/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Fullfact: https://fullfact.org/economy/poverty-uk-guide-facts-and-figures/
Social Metrics Commission report on Measuring Poverty: http://socialmetricscommission.org.uk/MEASURING-POVERTY-FULL_REPORT.pdf
Child Poverty Action Group: http://www.cpag.org.uk/
The Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/
Turn2Us: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/
The Government website contains thousands of reports and enquiries on poverty and welfare (try searching for "poverty", "sanctions", "homeless" etc) https://www.gov.uk/
Institute for Fiscal Studies report on Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017–18 to 2021–22 https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/comms/R136.pdf
Poverty and Social Exclusion: http://www.poverty.ac.uk/
Centre for Social Justice: https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Fullfact: https://fullfact.org/economy/poverty-uk-guide-facts-and-figures/
Social Metrics Commission report on Measuring Poverty: http://socialmetricscommission.org.uk/MEASURING-POVERTY-FULL_REPORT.pdf
Child Poverty Action Group: http://www.cpag.org.uk/
The Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/
Turn2Us: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/
The Government website contains thousands of reports and enquiries on poverty and welfare (try searching for "poverty", "sanctions", "homeless" etc) https://www.gov.uk/
Institute for Fiscal Studies report on Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017–18 to 2021–22 https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/comms/R136.pdf
Poverty and Social Exclusion: http://www.poverty.ac.uk/
Centre for Social Justice: https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Article 25.
- (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
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