Thursday, October 26, 2006

It’s poor in English

The sun finally seems to have set in British Empire. In the citadel of capitalism and affluence, the third worldly phenomenon of poverty and deprivation exists in gigantic proportions. It is estimated that about 13 million people constituting about 17% (in 2002-03) of the population lived in poverty in Britain. While the poverty estimation in Britain is ranked at the level of households where the weekly income is below £201, researches suggest that about 9.2% of Britain’s population earn less than £168 while about 4.6% earn less than £134 a week. It is contended that more than the poverty rate, it is the intensity of poverty that gives the accurate picture of the deprivation in Britain.

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