The debate around the nature of poverty in the UK is becoming increasingly polarised. As Julia Unwin argues in her book, Why Fight Poverty?, and as we’ve seen from the responses to programmes such as Channel 4’s Benefits Street, there is a fierce debate about whether individual behaviour or wider structures are responsible for poverty. Unsurprisingly, this choice has produced a stalemate which has led many people to conclude that widespread poverty is inevitable. Read more on Tackling poverty: how can funders help?…
