Dec 7, 2014
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Insecure, low-paid jobs are leaving record numbers of working families in poverty, with two-thirds of people who found work in 2013 taking jobs for less than the living wage.
Insecure, low-paid jobs are leaving record numbers of working families in poverty, with two-thirds of people who found work in 2013 taking jobs for less than the living wage, according to the latest annual report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, written by the New Policy Institute. The report focuses on money, housing, work, benefits and services, among other indicators. The key points are highlighted in an infographic and summary. Though the number of unemployed for over a year decreased for the first time in a decade and unemployment fell by 300,000 in 2013, wages have fallen, for men and women, working full and part time, for low and high earners.
English: http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2014
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