Monday 28 November 2011

Focus on London 2011 - Poverty: The Hidden City

Written by Rachel Leeser of the GLA Intelligence Unit, this latest in the Focus on London series presents a detailed analysis that reveals the scale and distribution of poverty in the capital. Beginning with a 'what we mean by "living in poverty"' section, it outlines the complexities of the picture. Information is presented in a form that is digestable even for statistic phobic. Not only does it underline the scale and distribution of poverty in one of the richest cities in the world it throws new light the simplistic 'north south divide' analysis often applied nationally. Download the pdf

Also see our earlier blog on Responding to the Financial Crisis and the parish resource published by the Contextual Theology Centre.