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1
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List 3 causes of inequality

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  • Unemployment
  • Low Pay
  • Gender
  • Educational Attainment
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2
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what is the rate of employment in britain?

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3.7%

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3
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what is the youth unemployment rate in britain?

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10.4%

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4
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what is the ethnic minorities unemployment rate?

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12.9%

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5
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How much does the government spend each year on the job seekers allowance

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£2.4 billion

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6
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what classifies a person as in poverty

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if they earn 60% or less if the average uk salary.

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7
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explain carillion as an example of unemployment

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they were in 1.5bn worth of debt. they maintain public services like schools and supply maintenance for the network rail and over 50,000 homes. when they went down over 20,000 people in the uk lost their jobs (43,000 worldwide)

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how many workers in britain are working in low paying and insecure work

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over 5 million

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9
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how many poor kids have at least one parent in work

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2/3

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10
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what is the equalities act of 2010

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it’s purpose is to eliminate the unfair pay gap

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what is the gender pay gap (explanation and stat)

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the gender pay gap is the percentage difference between average hourly earnings for men and women. the current gender pay gap is 13.7%

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12
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what is the motherhood penalty

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when women are forced to leave their jobs or move to lower paying jobs to look after their kids or sick family members. this effects 54,000 women each year

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what is the educational attainment gap

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those who come from more affluent areas are more likely to do better in school than those who come from less affluent areas.

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14
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what percentage of people who don’t achieve any qualifications will fall into poverty compared to those who achieve a degree?

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no qualifications - 40%

degree - 10%

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what are 3 consequences of poverty on children

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  • there are 4.1 million kids living in poverty
  • they struggle to have a social life (social exclusion)
  • they are 4 times more likely to develop a health condition than their more affluent peers
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16
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the consequence of poverty in teenage girls?

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  • 1 in 10 girls in the uk have been unable to afford period products
  • 49% of girls have missed school cause they don’t gave products
  • the average girl will spend £40 a year on products
17
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consequences of poverty on elderly?

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  • in 2018 16% of pensioners were living in poverty
  • this can make them isolated/lonely
  • fuel poverty means they need to choose between heat and food
  • 24,000 elderly people die each winter in britain due to the cold
18
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what are the 3 consequences of poverty on families

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eviction
poor housing
rely on food banks

19
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why would families get evicted

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housing costs are rising. if they can’t afford rent they will be evicted and they often can’t find the money to pay a deposit on a new house

20
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why would families be in poor housing?

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housing costs are rising so many families can’t afford decent housing. children living in overcrowded inadequate housing are more likely to contract ; meningitis, breathing difficulties like asthma and mental health issues like anxiety or depression

21
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why would families rely on food banks

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poor families often go hungry for days. the truss trust states that food bank use has increased by 73% in the last 5 years.

22
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what are the effects of poverty on the community

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poor health (25%^)
crime (5%)
poor housing

23
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how much does poverty cost the uk each year?

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£78bn

24
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universal credit

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introduced in 2013. uk gov. paid monthly.

child poverty was falling from 1997 to 2010 but has since been rising and will rise into 2020.

costs £699 to process a claim when it should only be £173 by 2024

some people wait 5 weeks.

25
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free prescriptions

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introduced in 2011. scot gov. make sure everyone has access to medicine.

in 2017/18 f/p cost the scot gov £1.3bn which is 25.7% up from 10 years prior

amount of prescriptions dispensed is up 20.5% to 103.4 million in 2017/18 from 85 million in 2008/9

26
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baby bix

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introduced in 2011. scot gov.

each box costs £162 about £8.8mil per year

80,000 been distributed since 2017

demand was 85% in 2017 and was 96% in 2018 so shows increase in popularity

27
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private sector responses

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employ disabled
real living wage
modern apprenticeship

28
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employ disabled

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over a million of disabled are out of work in britain

beco- 80% of employers are disabled. makes soap. encourages companies to poach its staff to get more disabled people into work.

remploy - work with 2500 companies like m&s to help make their workplace more accessible to disabled staff

29
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real living wage

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the real living wage is not the same as the governments living wage. the real living wage is voluntarily paid by 6,000 employers in the UK like ikea and nationwide. 93% of organisations say their businesses have benefited from paying the real living wage

30
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modern apprenticeship

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skills development scotland. 27,000 people do one every year. work learn and earn. 92% of ma’s stay in work after they’re qualified.

31
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voluntary sector responses

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child poverty action group
voluntary health scotland
food banks

32
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child action poverty group

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give me 5. wants to increase the child benefits by £5 a week. this could lift thousands of kids out of poverty in scotland. could buy 7 nutritious breakfasts of cereal milk juice and a banana

33
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voluntary health scotland

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network that encourages the public to volunteer their services to support those with poor health.

34
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food banks

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trusses trust has over 1200 in britain. care professionals (doctors teachers social workers) identify people who need food banks and give them vouchers for 3 days of nutritional food.

75% of people who use a food bank have at least one health problem.

2/3 of people who use food banks have had problems with the benefits system in the last year.

the average income after housing costs for people who go to food banks is just £50

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