Sentences with phrase «living in poverty»

«But there are 800,000 New Yorkers who are living in poverty who would qualify for Fair Fares, which would be very, very meaningful for them.»

He also said that 22 percent of New Yorkers are currently living in poverty.

In May, the Conservative manifesto boasted that «child poverty is down — with 300,000 fewer children living in poverty».

A study from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, an international partnership of universities, research institutes and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), says social protection will help an estimated maximum of 425 million people it believes are currently living in poverty.

It builds on his 2001 show Redundant, winner of the George Devine Award, about a young woman living in poverty in Sheffield, with one key distinction.

The original purpose of Sure Start, launched by the previous Labour government in 1998, was to improve the life chances of children living in poverty by providing services that ameliorate the impact of poverty and encouraging parents into employment.

While speaking at a gathering of community and ethnic media reporters, Johnson noted that the city's shelter system currently houses over 61,000 people, and that one in five city residents are living in poverty.

If you are living in poverty, then it was the Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Party which smashed the Tory plans to abolish Tax Credits, NOT the Labour Right — which abstained on the welfare Bill just before The Leadership election.

Where young children are living with a single mother, 59 % of those households are living in poverty.

With financial help from the state concentrated on pensioners and the young, one in seven working - age adults without dependent children are now living in poverty — the highest ever level.

State Assemblyman Sean Ryan speaks at a gathering on the campus of Canisius College, where he announced his proposal for the HIRE Buffalo program, designed to connect jobs with Buffalo's people living in poverty.

In a further blow, the government failed to make a dent in the number of children or pensioners living in poverty after big increases the previous year.

I have been thinking about it a great deal recently as I read article after article about the problem of income inequality and the thousands of children in our community who are living in poverty.

Without New Labour's changes to the tax - benefit system, there would have been around 1.8 million more children living in poverty today.

As well as child poverty this will include a focus on disability, with one in three disabled adults of working age living in poverty.

Children shouldn't be going without meals or school uniforms or be left without the opportunity to undertake full - time education because of restrictions placed on them by living in poverty.

12:16 - Why are four million children still living in poverty, and why do pensioners have to struggle to keep warm?

It's incredibly sad to know 1.6 million children are still living in poverty in the UK today.

Chris Keates, NASUWT General Secretary, said: «The fact that the UK has over 3.7 million children living in poverty is scandalous.

In Ethiopia, the number of people living in poverty dropped by a third.

Some workers are working full time and are still living in poverty.

«At a time when there are over 3.7 million children in the UK living in poverty, and families already hit hard by the Coalition Government's economic and social policies, it is scandalous that parents now face an additional, unacceptable tax on their children's learning.»

«We have this idea of London being the best place in the world to be, but actually if you are a woman in London you are statistically more likely to be unemployed, to be living in poverty, to be in danger on the streets and on the public transport systems.

The Child Poverty Action Group has found that there are currently 3.6 million children living in poverty today — 27 per cent of all children in the UK.

The modelling shows that minimum unit pricing is targeted with the greatest benefit falling on harmful drinkers, and particularily those living in poverty.

Research from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggests that pensioners living in poverty could be helped off the breadline if they downsize their home or take out a form of equity release scheme.

«3.7 million children in the UK are living in poverty.

«Half of the kids in our cities are living in poverty.

Mr Farage said it was a «complete unknown quantity» how many of the Roma people living in poverty and excluded from society may head to the UK.

Colia Clark says 46 million Americans have fallen into poverty, the highest level of Americans living in poverty since 1993.

The Council's 2019 budget proposal unveiled Tuesday includes $ 212 million for a «fair fares» program that would offer half - price MetroCards to straphangers living in poverty, Speaker Corey Johnson said.

Reaching out to the grey vote, Lucas said pensioner poverty — with one in every four living in poverty — was «a scandal».

Since Labour came to power we have seen a reduction in the number of children and pensioners living in poverty.

Within the expected tax cuts, all those living in poverty must be helped including adults without children.

But when there are still millions of people in this country living in poverty, and when the age of austerity means we must focus on the real priorities can we honestly say it's right for people earning over # 50,000 a year to get state benefits in the form of tax credits?

We asked Higgins about his concerns for the future of education, especially for children living in poverty that attend Buffalo Public Schools.

The new first source hiring policy will get to the root of the problem, and actively connect residents living in poverty with jobs that pay a living wage.

WHS «Bedroom tax: More working families in Wales now living in poverty than jobless households» http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/thousands-arrears-due-bedroom-tax-6067218

New York State has the highest income equality of all the fifty states with over 2.8 million people living in poverty.

Seven out of ten pensioners entitled to help with their housing costs but who are not claiming it are living in poverty, the spending watchdog warns.

All the evidence tells us that it is our most vulnerable children, those living in poverty and those with special educational needs, who will do least well out of these reforms.

The children who have not done well historically out of the comprehensive system are our least able learners, vulnerable children, children with special educational needs and those living in poverty.

They should be able to plan their lives without constant form filling, in order to prove that they are living in poverty.

These are serious numbers, directly comparable with the 2.6 million working - age social tenants living in poverty».

I am officially living in poverty.

«Under the Prime Minister's watch, 3.7 million children in the UK are now living in poverty, a figure set to rise by 600,000 over the next two years, as a result of the Government's continuation of its economic and social policies.

«Today, there are more children living in poverty in households where adults are in work, than those children living in poverty where adults are not working.

I have often wondered what kind of elite hopes for «peace and security» in a nation in which there are one hundred million people living in poverty?

Under current government policies, child poverty is projected to rise from 2012/13 with an expected 300,000 more children living in poverty by 2015/16.10 This upward trend is expected to continue with 4.2 million children projected to be living in poverty by 2020.

Equally, it would be preposterous to suggest that the humiliations inflicted on the growing number living in poverty — perhaps the ugliest feature of contemporary British capitalism — are welcomed by the victims, or that the marketization of the health service is welcome to its users or to the dedicated professionals who work in it.