Geoff Andrews introduces a discussion about the language used to describe poverty, with Owen Jones and Geoff Mooney

Transcript -- Geoff Andrews introduces a discussion about the language used to describe poverty, with Owen Jones and Geoff Mooney

The strivers v skivers debate. We discuss how the Government has set the poor against the poor with its use of emotive language to describe modern poverty.

Transcript -- The strivers v skivers debate. We discuss how the Government has set the poor against the poor with its use of emotive language to describe modern poverty.

How recent social policy has become focussed on the individual. We explain why post war British welfare policies have changed our attitudes to those on lower incomes

Transcript -- How recent social policy has become focussed on the individual. We explain why post war British welfare policies have changed our attitudes to those on lower incomes

We explore the link between perceptions of class and the reality of modern poverty and look at how attitudes to class have changed over the years.

Transcript -- We explore the link between perceptions of class and the reality of modern poverty and look at how attitudes to class have changed over the years.

We discuss the criminalisation of the poor following outbreaks of civil disobedience, and the stereotypical portrayals of the benefits fraudsters in our media.

Transcript -- We discuss the criminalisation of the poor following outbreaks of civil disobedience, and the stereotypical portrayals of the benefits fraudsters in our media.