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New report exposes modern poverty and inequality in one of Britain's 'most affluent cities'
The University of York's Cost of Living Research Group has examined modern living standards across the city and revealed the extent of hidden pockets of poverty and inequality in one of the North's most affluent cities.
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The University of York's Cost of Living Research Group has examined modern living standards across the city and revealed the extent of hidden pockets of poverty and inequality in one of the North's most affluent cities. The new study marks 125 years since Seebohm Rowntree published his groundbreaking 1901 study "Poverty: A Study of Town Life," which fundamentally reshaped how poverty was understood.
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