"Joanna Mack sets out her timely response to the deeply flawed and inhumane policies that led to rising poverty and destitution in the UK and the change that has to come including how to pay for it. It is comprehensive, detailed and timely." Alison Garnham, Child Poverty Action Group
"Based on her unparalleled expertise, Mack exposes the political choices behind mass poverty and provides an urgent blueprint for renewal. This is a powerful, rigorous, and deeply humane book." Richard Wilkinson, The Equality Trust "This powerful analysis from a seasoned observer demonstrates how and why poverty in Britain has worsened, and urgently needs fixing." Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University
Forensic, comprehensive, informative. Few people are better placed than Joanna Mack to explain the rise in UK poverty and to set out realistic policy solutions. Jane Millar, University of Bath A no-nonsense account of the problem and crucially the solutions to poverty in the UK: a sorely needed book. Tania Burchardt, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science
Joanna Mack is a pioneering poverty scholar and Impoverished provides an insightful analysis of how to repair Britains worn and torn social fabric. Stephen Sinclair, Glasgow Caledonian University
