The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country.In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_threshold
Youtube - UK poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLH2HUS1e8
UK poverty - what does it mean?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0BWoEzH4o
Barnardo's - the trap of child poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgX9SMwpNDY
Impoverished Britain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vp9B5VcWZs&feature=fvw
The government must keep its promise to end child poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGRtcPshM_M&feature=related
