Poverty, Equalities and Social Inclusion

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between inequalities, exclusion and poverty and assesses the efforts of the Government and others to address them in an integrated way. It considers the failure of a radical vision of a poverty-free and socially inclusive society and attributes this failure, in part, to an unwillingness to take account of the extent of poverty and its impact on different social groups. The article identifies the need for an anti-poverty strategy and calls for non-government equalities groups to demonstrate greater awareness of the impact of economic inequalities on the solidarity and vitality of the communities they represent.