Published today by The Policy Press:
Low Cost but Acceptable: a minimum income standard for the UK
Families with young children
Edited by Hermione Parker
Director of the Family Budget Unit, King’s College London
Research by Michael Nelson, Nina Oldfield, Julie Dallison
Sandra Hutton, Sophia Paterakis, Holly Sutherland, Marilyn Thirlway
How much does it cost families with children to reach an acceptable
standard of living in the UK?
What incomes do they need to avoid poverty and deprivation?
Based on research carried out by the Family Budget Unit and supported
by the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, this ground-breaking report provides a
topical answer to these questions and is required reading for all those
concerned with poverty and minimum income levels.
Using ‘budget standards’, a method widely used in other countries but
neglected in the UK, researchers have drawn up ‘Low Cost but
Acceptable’ budgets for two parent and lone parent families costed at
January 1998 prices. The report is the first of its kind to list,
quantify and cost every item required for good health, child
development, human dignity and social cohesion and inclusion.
The report includes:
· Sample budgets for two parent and lone parent families, each with a
boy aged 10 years and a girl aged 4 years.
· Details of suggested food baskets and sample menus for a healthy but
low cost diet.
· A detailed summary of how each aspect of the budgets was arrived at.
Price: £19.99 ISBN 1 86134 136 9 Paperback 297 x 210mm 136 pages
December 1998
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