Task 2

Read the extract from the report below. Using the provided material, write a personal response where you reflect on some of the consequences of poverty.

Recommended length for this task is 175–300 words.

  • Jeg bekrefter at jeg besvarer denne oppgaven i et dokument som jeg laster opp i den siste oppgaven.

More than 16 million people in poverty in UK, including one in three children

The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) annual report reveal a staggering increase in social inequality in the UK.

Homeless people opposite London Victoria station, November 2024

The SMC finds

  • More than half of the people (8.7 million; 54 percent) in poverty live in a family that includes a disabled person. Over three in 10 (31 percent) of those in poverty are disabled: a total of 4.9 million people.
  • Poverty rates in workless families have risen rapidly, by seven percentage points, to 75 percent.
  • Those in poverty are more likely to have poor self-reported mental health. More than one in three (33 percent) live in a family that includes someone with poor self-reported mental health.
  • The poor are more likely to be living on their own, as 45 percent of those in poverty live in a household with only one adult.
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