People Living in Poverty – Northern Ireland

Rise in level of poverty among working households in NI, May 2, 2012, BBC News: “A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has examined the impact of the economic downturn on households in Northern Ireland since 2009. It said half of the 120,000 children living in poverty are in a household with at least one working parent. It also found that that over a fifth of NI pensioners are living in poverty. The report, Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland, was published on Wednesday…”