BlessedBesse

Typical. The Media Wont Admit Tha The Eu Is Preaching Hate Because Theywant To Destroy Us From Within!. W Must Bring Back Churchill. Why Did Nobody Listen To Enoch Powell All Those Years Ago?!!!

Happy Days

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?

Scucca

Any comparison of the Western world will show that Britain lags behind in the poverty stakes (particularly in terms of child poverty). Consider, for example, Table 2 in Smeeding's Poor people in rich nations

Don't bet! Present something in support. That table 2 demonstrates our dreadful record for elderly poverty after all. I know of no evidence to suggest the international comparisons have shifted

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GarzaUK

Yes it only costs us less than a $1 (44p) each per year to prop up the monarchy, a real source of poverty that is.

I think the elderly should not have to pay council tax, which is a rip off. Northern Ireland doesnt have to pay council tax .

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Scucca

But could you argue that the continued existence of monarchy is a crucial support of traditional class divides? It then indirectly promotes poverty via the support of income immobility?

mikhail

Poor man of europe what a bunch of crap.So Bulgaria is doing better is it?

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How much did population increase, did the % of those under the poverty line change?

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Scucca

I'd be interested in your comparison of Bulgarian and British poverty. Go ahead

mikhail

go there and look around.Would your rather be born in Britain or europe?

Besides the problem is there is just too many old people.Your the economics guy what are you proposing just tax everyone increasingly for an ageing population?

Scucca

So you haven't got a poverty comparison to offer?

What proportion of our population is elderly? Compare that to continental European countries.