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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in the UK in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these links
may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children, or
even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - UK U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-kingdom/ [accessed 11 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - leading trading
power and financial center; third-largest economy in Europe after Germany and
France; large coal, natural gas, and oil resources; banking, insurance, and business
services, drive GDP growth GDP -
per capita (PPP): $44,300 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
1.3% industry:
15.2% services: 83.5% (2014 est.) Unemployment
rate: 4.4% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 15% (2013
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 81.1 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 2.79 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project – United Kingdom UK borgenproject.org/category/united-kingdom/ [accessed 1 February 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the
United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for
the world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
How The Hygiene Bank Is Addressing Sanitation And Wellness In The Uk borgenproject.org/the-hygiene-bank-is-addressing-sanitation-in-the-uk/ ~
Child Poverty In The United Kingdom borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom-2/ ~
Solutions To The Rising Child Poverty Rates In The Uk
Amid Covid-19 borgenproject.org/child-poverty-rates-in-the-u-k/ ~
Homelessness In The United Kingdom borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-the-united-kingdom/ ~
10 Facts About Hunger In The United Kingdom borgenproject.org/hunger-in-the-united-kingdom/ ~
Cpag’s Campaign Against Child Poverty In
The United Kingdom borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom/ Largest
study of hunger in the UK released Heriot-Watt University, 14 May 2021 phys.org/news/2021-05-largest-hunger-uk.html [accessed 14 May 2021] Almost two
in three (62%) of the people of working age who were referred to a food bank
in early 2020 were disabled while single parent families were more likely to
be forced to a food bank. Almost one in five (18%) households referred during
the pandemic were lone parents—more than twice the rate in the general
population (8%). The
research from the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research
(I-SPHERE) which was led by Professor Glen Bramley
also revealed extremely low income as a key factor in driving people to food
banks. Children
going hungry every day should be a scandal Morning Star MS morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/children-britain-are-going-hungry-every-day-should-be-scandal [accessed 3 March 2021] Child
poverty in Britain is not new. Children going hungry in
Britain is not new. Unemployment
is rising, wages are stagnating and precarious employment is becoming normalised. Women
are bearing the brunt of this rise in societal inequality as primary carers and low-paid workers. There
are 1.8 million single parents in the UK with 90 per cent of them being women
with a median income of £194.40 per week, resulting in some of our poorest
children relying on school meals in term time and often going hungry in
holidays. Recent
figures indicate that eligibility for free school meals had already risen
from 1.3 million to 1.44 million in England, based on the January 2020
census. But two
in five UK children under the poverty line are not eligible for free school
meals. Going
to the Bank for Food, Not Money: The Growing Reality of Hunger in “Rich”
Countries Human Rights Watch World Report 2020 www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/global-4 [accessed 31 January 2021] The
United Kingdom offers a stark example, as Human Rights Watch has documented.
Since cuts in public spending on welfare for the poorest families began in
2010, use of the country’s largest network of food banks—making up an
estimated two-thirds of the country’s food aid distribution—has skyrocketed
50-fold, to 1.6 million three-day emergency packages handed out last year.
Smaller independent food banks have gone from a handful countrywide a decade
ago, to around 820 today. Brexit
could exacerbate hunger in the UK, especially if the UK were to leave without
a deal. UK food aid providers are worried that an abrupt, unplanned departure
could disrupt food supplies and cause price shocks
for the country’s poorest consumers whose incomes would be most hit by the
short term economic upheaval. With
better legal protections, better measurement, and stronger policy responses,
this entirely avoidable hunger can be reduced drastically. Hunger in wealthy
countries is not inevitable, and food banks are not a substitute for
government action. As the UN’s former special rapporteur on the right to food
and 57 other prominent academic and nongovernmental organization voices have
warned, we should never get used to the idea of “leftover” food for “left
behind people”. Ending period poverty: 'Scotland has set a blueprint to show it can be done' Stuart Norval, Perspective, France 24, 7 December 2020 [Long
URL] [accessed 8 December 2020] Research
shows up to one in five women in the UK have had to miss work, education or
leisure activities as they couldn't afford to buy period products ... Now
Scotland has become the first country … to ensure … free access to sanitary
products. The
World Bank in the United Kingdom www.worldbank.org/en/country/unitedkingdom/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] A
founding member of the World Bank, the United Kingdom supports multilateral
efforts to promote human and economic development, reduce poverty, and boost
shared prosperity around the world. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/United-Kingdom-ECONOMY.html [accessed 12 January 2021] The
United Kingdom, one of the most highly industrialized countries in the world,
lives by manufacture, trade, and financial and commercial services. Apart from
coal and low-grade iron ore, some timber, building materials, hides and
skins, and natural gas and North Sea oil, it has few natural resources.
Agriculture provides 60% of the food needed with only 1% of the labor force. Since
the 1979–81 recession, the British economy has
posted steady gains. Between 1983 and 1990, real GDP increased by nearly 25%. All
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