With an estimated 3.3 million people paying more on interest in an 18 month period than they do on repaying what they owe, the Financial Conduct Authority's proposal for new rules for banks on tackling persistent debt need to be taken seriously. They could help banks as well as those in debt, argues Lindsey Burton
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Under articles, there are short analyses of a range of key topics of debate written for the PSE website by a range of authors with specialist knowledge. Links provides a growing list of organisations interested in research in poverty and social exclusion. These two sections continue to be updated.
News stories and reports provided a comprehensive digest of developments, particularly in the UK, between 2011 and 2014, the research period of the PSE project. Since the project ended, these two sections have not been updated.
Breadline Britain - the rise of mass poverty by Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack, published by Oneworld, is out now. Based on the PSE research, it asks why, when national income has doubled, has poverty doubled. What went wrong?
You can read about the first PSE UK report in 'PSE report reveals impoverished nation'.
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Bring down the bills Copyright: Fuel Poverty Action Government policies have meant misery for millions in fuel poverty, and Conservatives manifesto commitments promise no relief, argues Ruth London. A different direction is needed, prioritising renewables, insulation, and public control of energy and prices. |
Austerity kills Copyright: PA The human cost of government imposed austerity should be a key issue, argue Vickie Cooper and David Whyte. Drawing on their new book, 'The Violence of Austerity', they set out how austerity is shaping people's lives and deaths. |
