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Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2004

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2004

This annual report on indicators of poverty and social exclusion considers changing trends over previous years and assesses what the indicators mean for specific population groups. The subject of this year's analysis is the contrasting fortunes of s…

  • Published: 1st Dec 2004
  • Authors: Guy Palmer, Jane Carr, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2004

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2004

This report is an independent assessment of the progress being made in Scotland to tackle poverty and social exclusion. Updating the 2002 edition, this report tracks 40 indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland. Using the latest data, t…

  • Published: 29th Nov 2004
  • Authors: Guy Palmer, Jane Carr, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Poverty in the Rural East of England

Poverty in the Rural East of England

This report provides some evidence and analysis which help to quantify and understand the extent and nature of poverty and social exclusion in the rural parts of the East of England. It has been produced by the New Policy Institute on behalf of the O…

  • Published: 1st May 2004
  • Author: Guy Palmer
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2002

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2002

This report is a comprehensive and independent guide, now in its fifth edition, to 50 indicators covering poverty, health, education and work. As in previous years, this report – the fifth in an annual series – provides a comprehensive and independe…

  • Published: 12th Dec 2002
  • Authors: Guy Palmer, Mohibur Rahman, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rural England

Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rural England

This report has been produced by the New Policy Institute on behalf of the Countryside Agency. It presents a range of key indicators of poverty and social exclusion in rural England. This is achieved by presenting English data separately for rural an…

  • Published: 1st Dec 2002
  • Authors: Andy Harrop, Guy Palmer
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2000

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2000

The third edition of this annual report providing independent monitoring of 50 indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Britain today has now been published. Grouped into six categories – income, children, young adults, adults, older people and…

  • Published: 11th Dec 2001
  • Authors: Mohibur Rahman, Guy Palmer, Peter Kenway, Catherine Howarth
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2001

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2001

The fourth in an annual series, this publication contains fifty indicators of poverty and social exclusion. The reduction of poverty and social exclusion was a major objective of Labour’s first term and remains key in its second. Fifty indicators ar…

  • Published: 10th Dec 2001
  • Authors: Mohibur Rahman, Guy Palmer, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - The Costs of the Joint Provision of Services in Rural Communities

The Costs of the Joint Provision of Services in Rural Communities

This report sets out the findings of an initial study undertaken by the New Policy Institute on behalf of the Countryside Agency into the costs of the ‘joint provision of services’ in rural areas. The term ‘joint provision of services’ is used to cov…

  • Published: 22nd Dec 2000
  • Authors: Andy Harrop, Guy Palmer
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Food Access: Whose Responsibility?

Food Access: Whose Responsibility?

In Spring 2000, the New Policy Institute held a seminar to review four recent research projects addressing food access for low income communities, and to discuss where responsibility lies for resolving this complex issue and what solutions might be g…

  • Published: 1st May 2000
  • Authors: Cathy Street, Catherine Howarth
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 1999

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 1999

A second, revised edition of last year’s influential publication, this report provides updated figures for 50 indicators that between them portray the key features of poverty and social exclusion in Great Britain. The indicators are grouped into six…

  • Published: 8th Dec 1999
  • Authors: Catherine Howarth, Peter Kenway, Guy Palmer, Romina Miorelli
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - A Real Commitment to Partnership? Building a New Relationship between the Council and Voluntary Sector in Islington

A Real Commitment to Partnership? Building a New Relationship between the Council and Voluntary Sector in Islington

This paper discusses the future relationship between the voluntary organisations in Islington and Islington Council. In particular, it makes proposals for a new partnership between the organisations, something that all sides have stated that they are…

  • Published: 1st Sep 1999
  • Authors: Guy Palmer, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Meaningful Choices: The Policy Options for Financial Exclusion

Meaningful Choices: The Policy Options for Financial Exclusion

The issues associated with financial services for low income consumers are usually divided into four broad categories: basic banking services, credit, insurance, and long term savings (including pensions). This report focuses on the first two of thes…

  • Published: 1st Jul 1999
  • Authors: Guy Palmer, Nick Donovan
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion: Labour's Inheritance

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion: Labour's Inheritance

The Government is committed to improving conditions for those in poverty, setting up a special unit to tackle social exclusion. But how will it track the effect of its policies on the least advantaged? And how will independence be assured? Official r…

  • Published: 15th Dec 1998
  • Authors: Catherine Howarth, Peter Kenway, Guy Palmer, Cathy Street
  • Category: Income and Poverty

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