The Government along with the guilt trip organizations such as the Child Poverty Action group use relative poverty as a guide to child poverty in the UK. The poverty line is set at 60% of average earnings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18436795
Child poverty down as household income drops shouts the BBC.
The number of children living in poverty in the UK fell by 300,000 last year as household incomes dropped, official figures have revealed.
Only the innumerate, such as all the media, will be surprised that in a recession poverty decreases. Wages have dropped and more people are unemployed so the average wage has gone down but benefits haven't. Hey presto 300,000 less poor.
Are the new un-poor better off than they were? Were they even poor in the first place?
