About the book

Contents

Part 1 ~ The Inconvenient Truth: Poverty Is Real

  • Who Are These ‘Poor’ People Anyway? Being on the Breadline in Britain

  • What? There Are Poor People in the Richest Nation on Earth?

Part 2 ~ ’Turning the Screw on Poor People: Shame, Stigma and Cementing of a Toxic Poverty Narrative

  • A Twisted Tale: The Evolution of a Very Nasty Narrative

  • Lights, Camera, Vilification: The Narrative in Action

  • The Games We Play: Weaponising the Narrative

  • Shame on You: Making the Toxic Narrative Stick

Part 3 ~ Flipping the Script: Challenging the Narrative War on the Poor

  • Feeling It: The Truth About Living in Poverty

  • Changing Times: Fighting Poverty, Not the Poor

  • New Generation: The Young People Writing Their Own Script

  • Altered Images: The Path to a New Narrative