The poverty line isn't the same as median income. It's 60% of it. (View Post)

Denmark/Finland had got it down to 6% below 50% median income without too much in the way of coercion and injustice (actually two of the happiest countries on earth). I think that's a reasonable… (View Post)

Weird how many people can't grasp this - and from posters who are usually pretty good at the numbers. (View Post)

They haven't removed the benefit cap (£22k); they've removed the two-child limit. So stories about families on £60k worth of benefits won't be common*. Some child poverty think tanks h… (View Post)

Can confirm that Morris_Dancer continues to be completely wrong about whether relative poverty can be eliminated or not. (Relative poverty is defined as having below 50%/60% of median income. You cou… (View Post)