Who Was Poor In 2016 And Why Our System Keeps Failing Them

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In this piece, we exhaustively break down the fresh poverty data in ten graphs, showing who the poor are and how they get that way.

"In both graphs, children, elderly, disabled people, and students make up around 70 percent of the poor. If you add in carers and those already fully employed, the number goes to around 90 percent. There is room to activate some of these folks into the labor market, especially carers through the provision of child care and paid leave benefits. But for the most part, the poor are people who cannot and should not work."