Less people living in Absolute Poverty according to Mrs May

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There's a Tory saying at the moment that every pound we spend on our welfare is a pound less to spend on our schools and infrastructure.
He was comparing the UK with South Korea.
Nice to know that he thinks we should be more like them.
He says there's a moral case to do so.
Oh, and we should look at whether retirement benefits should be for all.

This is his record on welfare and benefits voting.

www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25323/oliver_dowden/hertsmere/votes#welfare

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It was a concept may used quite deliberately in order to avoid admitting that relative poverty is growing exponentially in the U.K., and will continue to do so under this government.

No one shot you down in flames mrsmopp, perhaps you didn't make yourself clear. You now sound as if you believe that, just because poverty exists everywhere, we should do nothing about it. Was that what you meant?

What the OP was pointing out was the Mrs May was playing games. Absolute poverty is what you see in third world countries and not something to crow about not having here. I cannot imagine anyone thinking it was okay for a single person to be living at that level as the OP said.

Poverty in this country is usually measured on a relative scale, i.e., how you can live by comparison to the median income.

No need to shoot me down in flames! I did not shrug either. Can anyone name a country where poverty does not exist??
The OP asks whether we agree that there are fewer people living in poverty now and that's the debate. I did not say we don't need to tackle poverty, we do, of course, and where does doffing the cap to our betters come in?

mrsmopp to your ^ Mass unemployment. Infant mortality. Children with rickets. Incurable diseases.^
Today we have
Zero hours contracts (if you work 1 hour a week you are employed) Working families living in poverty.
Children with rickets (Yes really)
120,000 children living in temporary accommodation
There has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of families being housed in insecure temporary accommodation. In particular, bed and breakfast-type hotels are increasingly being used to house families for long periods of time as local councils struggle to find them proper homes to live in.
We haven't come far from the 1920s