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Originally Posted by Scucca  The Guardian reports... The number of pensioners living below the poverty line in the UK has risen by 300,000, taking the figure to 2.5 million, official figures out today showed.
Why does the UK continue to stand out as the poor man of Europe? |
Britain is not a poor country by anyone's standards. Of course the number of pensioners living below the poverty line has risen. When you have recession, inflation, and low interest rates then people who live on a fixed income are going to suffer. I'm willing to bet that it is not only Britain who has seen a rise in the number of pensioners living below the poverty line. Have you looked at numbers in other countries throughout Europe?