Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK - the 3rd Townsend Memorial Conference

19 - 20 June 2014

Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL

Today 33% of the UK population suffer from multiple deprivation as defined by the UK public; in 1983 this figure was 14%.

This free 2-day Peter Townsend Memorial Conference 2014 was funded by the ESRC as part of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK. The conference presented the findings of the PSE 2012 research project, the latest in the series of UK Poverty surveys carried out since 1983. The research uses the consensual approach to measuring poverty now adopted by both developed and developing countries.

PROGRAMME AND LINKS TO PRESENTATIONS

The presentations were given by members of the Poverty and Social Exclusion research team, from eight UK universities. Download each presentation as a PDF or (where available) as a powerpoint slide presentation from the links in the Programme. The Press Release, Programme and 'zipped' collections of all presentations for Thursday 19 June and Friday 20 June are also available to download below. Please credit the named author(s) and the ESRC PSE research project for any use of this material.

Featured presentations

Thursday 19 June 2014

First Session 'Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Advancing the State of the Art'
Chair: Stewart Lansley
'Introduction: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK'
Dave Gordon
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'Developing Measures of PSE in the 21st Century: Focus Groups, Cognitive Testing and Expert Review'
Eldin Fahmy
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'Life on a Low Income in Austere Times: Precarious budgets and diminishing services'
Simon Pemberton, Eldin Fahmy, Eileen Sutton and Karen Bell

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Second Session 'The Necessities of Life in the UK'
Chair: Jonathan Bradshaw
'The Changing Necessities of Life: 1983 to 2012'
Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack
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'What do Children Need?'
Gill Main
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Third Session 'The Extent of Poverty in the UK'
Chair: Joanna Mack
'How Many People are Poor and Deprived and How Do We Know?'
David Gordon
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'Social Exclusion in the UK'
Ruth Levitas
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'How Many Poor and Deprived Children are there in the UK?'
Jonathan Bradshaw
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'Poverty and Exclusion in Scotland'
Nick Bailey, Glen Bramley and Maria Gannon
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'Poverty and Exclusion in Northern Ireland'
Mike Tomlinson
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Fourth Session 'How bad is poverty for your health?'
Chair: Ruth Levitas
'Poverty, Exclusion and Disability in the UK'
Pauline Heslop
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Friday 20 June

Fifth Session 'Why Don’t People Just Stop Being Poor?'
Chair: Dave Gordon
'Every Penny Counts: Family Life on a Low Income'
Mary Daly and Grace Kelly
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'Life on a Low Income in Austere Times: Impact on relationships'
Simon Pemberton, Eldin Fahmy, Eileen Sutton and Karen Bell

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'Explaining Poverty to the Public'
Joanna Mack
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'Community Engagement in Challenging Times'
Gabi Kent
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Sixth Session 'Living Standards in the UK'
Chair: Christina Pantazis
'A UK Living Standards Index'
Demi Patsios, Paddy Hillyard and Marco Pomati
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'Poverty and Services, Neighbourhoods and Housing'
Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer

'Poverty, Employment and Working Conditions'
Nick Bailey
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Seventh Session 'Family Poverty'
Chair: Mary Daly
'Poverty and Gender'
Esther Dermott and Christina Pantazis
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'Poverty and Parenting'
Esther Dermott and Marco Pomati
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Eighth Session 'Demography of Poverty'
Chair: Nick Bailey
'Poverty and Ethnicity'
Christina Pantazis and Saffron Karlsen
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'Poverty and Youth'
Eldin Fahmy
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'Poverty and Older People',
Demi Patsios
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Ninth Session: Key Issues
Chair: Mike Tomlinson
'Rural Poverty in Scotland'
Maria Gannon, Nick Bailey and Glen Bramley
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'Poverty, Debt and Financial Exclusion'
Glen Bramley and  Kirsten Besemer
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'Fuel Poverty'
David Gordon
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