Poverty in the UK

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a. Poverty is a situation in the UK which ultimately can not be

avoided, there are many causes of poverty such as debt, physical and

mental health issues, low pay, unemployment and poor education.

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Personal debt is a growing problem, which is causing poverty to become

an increasingly common problem across the UK as a whole. As debt

builds up and interest increases the amount due becomes harder and

harder to pay off, until eventually the government may take this into

their own hands ad begin to reposes goods in order to pay of the debt.

When money is owed a poverty cycle may begin as result of lack of

sufficient money to support themselves and a family.

There is a widening gap in life expectancy and health between people

who are affluent and those who are poorer. The poorer you are the more

risks you face at each stage of life. The poorest people in society

suffer more risks throughout life including; increased risk of

miscarriages and stillbirths, higher risk of babies born underweight,

higher risk of infant mortality, higher risk of long term illness

including mental illness, higher risk of disability and shorter life

span. The Mental Health charity MIND carried out a survey in 1998 on

the main causes of stress and anxiety. Surprisingly the number one

cause in their "top ten" was money worries. Poor health can lead to

having a lower wage job and therefore leading to poverty.

There has been a significant growth of the amount of people employed

in the UK over the past few years but many of the new jobs have been

part time and under paid. In 1996, 260,000 people entered employment

of which 63% were part time. Chancellor Gordon Brown, recently claimed

that there were 1,000,000 unemployed and 1,000,000 vacancies and

insisted that if only the unemployed took up the opportunities created

there would be no unemployment. These unemployment statistics show

poverty will continue to reoccur and that unemployment is a major

cause of poverty.

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