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UK Child Poverty Targets

Sarah Best

18th April 2019

The following article discusses the concept of relative deprivation/poverty in relation to children.

According to the Office of National Statistics, the median income (a measure of central tendency to determine an average) for the UK was £507 a week in 2017-2018.

The article and discussion could be used within the Families and Households unit, and Work, Poverty and Welfare.

Sarah Best

Sarah is a passionate full-time Head of Sociology and Psychology and has worked in a variety in schools in the UK, and she is currently working in a British international school. She is keen to develop and boost the profile of both subjects.