By international standards Britain is a rich country, however millions of people live in households which suffer from poverty. Reasons for poverty include differences in wages and earnings between households, dependency on benefits, and unemployment. The Labour government has brought in various policies to try to eradicate poverty in Britain, and their effectiveness will be discussed in this essay.
Poverty can be measured in two ways, firstly absolute poverty which measures the number of households unable to afford basic goods and services, and secondly relative poverty which measures the extent to which a households financial resources falls below an average income threshold….(short extract)