POVERTY

Question 1

what do the conservative party say about poverty?

Answer 1

there is no poverty

Question 2

what are the two types of poverty?

Answer 2

absolute poverty- when you do not have the necessities needed to live
relative poverty- when you have necessities but not the disposable income needed to enjoy life

Question 3

what did Mack and Lansley do?

Answer 3

questionnaire about necessities

Question 4

what was the threshold for something to be deemed as a necessity by Mack and Lansley?

Answer 4

50%+ had to vote for it to be necessary

Question 5

how many necessities did you have to lack to be defined as poor?

Answer 5

3

Question 6

how many necessities did you have to lack to be defined as in severe poverty?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

what had poverty done from 1983 to 2012?

Answer 7

increased from 14% to 33%

Question 8

what did the Rowntree Foundation find?

Answer 8

5/6 people in low paid jobs fail to escape them over 10 years