Socialmetricscommission.org.uk Website Review

The Social Metrics Commission is an independent Commission formed to develop a new approach to poverty measurement that both better reflects the nature and experiences of poverty that different families in the UK have, and can be used to build a consensus around poverty. THE SOCIAL METRICS COMMISSION'S POVERTY MEASURE WAS PUBLISHED ON 17TH SEPTEMBER 2018. This report marks the culmination of two years of sustained work. It outlines a new approach to poverty measurement for the UK and provides original an*lysis that demonstrates the fundamental changes to our understanding of poverty it creates. Most importantly, the approach, results and recommendations in this report are supported by every Commissioner. They truly represent a consensus view of how we should measure and understand the incidence of poverty in the UK and the experiences of those who are in poverty. This briefing provides unique insight into the extent and nature of poverty in the UK. It uses the approach to measurement launched by the For the first time, as well as looking at incomes, this approach allows us to account for a range of inescapable costs that reduce people’s spending power, and the positive impact of people’s liquid as*ets on alleviating immediate poverty. These inescapable costs include rent or mortgage payments, childcare and the extra costs of disability. Liquid as*ets include savings, stocks and shares. The measure also takes account of overcrowding in accommodation. Select Region United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales NOTES: For certain sub-national samples (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), averages have been taken across three years to generate a sufficient sample size. Where the sample size was not large enough, these results are missing. “The approach, results and recommendations in this report represents a consensus view uniting right and left, supported by every one of the fifte*n Commissioners involved, on how we should measure and understand poverty in the UK and the experiences of those who are in