It's not a cost of living crisis – it's a poverty pandemic
- Written by Siobhan Morris, Assistant Director, UCL Grand Challenges, UCL
There is a poverty crisis in the UK. But when outlining his 110 growth measures aimed at getting “the British economy working” during his autumn statement, the chancellor’s measures to tackle the cost of living crisis were limited to economic support payments focused on short-term wins.
We argue that raising...