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New book says people living in rural Northumberland failed by Government

Rural Poverty Today, which involves professor Mark Shucksmith from Newcastle University, examined the challenges faced by those in poverty in the North Tyne Valley

Chronicle Live · Mar 14, 2023

Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access

In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country.

The Conversation · Mar 13, 2023