Skilled workers in poverty

[Brian Turner]

Here's the report - and I'm not suggest that the fatcat bosses who strip companies via share options, while "skilled workers" are left on low wage increases or else made redundant, may be at all contributory.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3894289.stm

Nearly four million professional workers are living in poverty and the problem is worsening, a charity warns. According to the Elizabeth Finn Trust, 3.8 million people from 120 jobs are living on as little as £114 a week.

Although they make up half of those in poverty, the charity said they were the UK's "hidden poor" because they were so reluctant to seek help.

More divorces, an ageing society and uncertainty over retirement income will increase the problem, the charity said.

It predicts the number of professionals in poverty will increase to 11% of all adults by 2020.

Ill-health, redundancy, family breakdown and poor pension provision were some of the factors that have pushed this group and their dependents below the breadline.