NEAR the end of the Transcending Poverties conference in Glasgow on Tuesday, a woman in the audience called out to be allowed her say. She came from Easterhouse.
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A paucity of ideas for how to tackle poverty
NEAR the end of the Transcending Poverties conference in Glasgow on Tuesday, a woman in the audience called out to be allowed her say. She came from Easterhouse. All day, beneath the ornate chandeliers in the grand banqueting hall of Glasgow City Chambers, she had listened to 16 distinguished speakers from academia, the civic city and the churches dissect questions such as: will the poor always be with us? You've been talking about people like me and my neighbours, she pointed out. I know you are well-meaning, but this isn't just about having no job or less money to spend; it's about a kind of "social and economic apartheid" in this city.
