Oxfam responds to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2017 report

Monday, 4 December 2017 00:01

Responding to the publication of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2017 report, which finds that rising employment is no longer reducing poverty, Rachael Orr, Head of Oxfam’s UK Programme, said:  "It's deeply concerning to see yet more evidence that having a job in today's precarious labour market is not enough to escape poverty.  “It's not just working adults who are affected, but their children too, and it's a real worry to see progress on child poverty going...Request free trial