The Government pledged in 1999 to take one million children out of poverty within five years. Latest figures suggest that a reduction of 700,000 was achieved. That missed the target by 300,000. Invite young people's responses. Are they impressed with such a large drop? Or concerned at missing the target by so many? The total number of children still living in poverty is 2.4 million, before housing costs are taken into consideration.
There is no simple way of measuring poverty. There are complicated statistics, which it is obvious not everyone agrees with. One estimate is that a single person is said to be living in poverty if they have an income of less than 100 per week. Two adults and two young children are viewed as living in poverty if their total weekly income is less than 260. These figures ignore housing costs. Talk about these amounts of money. Do they seem enough to live on?
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