Childcare's role amid poverty

Childcare's role amid poverty By Lucinda Platt, University of Essex Research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has drawn attention to the stark differences in poverty risks that face people from different ethnic groups. Poverty rates are higher for those from all minority groups compared with the white majority, with particularly high rates for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis - a shocking two-thirds of children from these groups face poverty. In my overview of existing research into poverty, I draw attention to research indicating disadvantage in employment, and how it intersects with...