Sentences with phrase «already below the poverty line»

Law Society president Joe Egan said «The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already below the poverty line... The position has been getting progressively worse, because the means test thresholds have been frozen since 2010, while the cost of living, of course, has not.

«The financial eligibility test for civil legal aid is disqualifying people from receiving badly - needed legal advice and representation, even though they are already below the poverty line,» said Law Society president Joe Egan.

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Meanwhile a similar number of those already living the bleakness of a life below the poverty line will be pushed further down, deadening their chances still further.

With more than two thirds of the population living below the poverty line, Guinea Bissau is already heavily dependent on foreign aid.

This is occurring in a country that is already severely affected by water scarcity and is currently below the water poverty line.