Piachaud, David; Sutherland, Holly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
The paper analyses changes in poverty in Britain since 1997. A povertylevel of 60 percent of median equivalised income … Survey, on which government estimatesof Households Below Average Income are based. There was a smallreduction in poverty … to changes in benefits and tax credits which increased for some,particularly for families on low earnings with children …