A Year Like No Other

Humane, powerful, important, compelling. Here are the real experts speaking about poverty and hardship - those who have experienced and lived through it. If I could, I'd give a copy to every MP, policy maker and journalist in the country. Kerry Hudson, author of Lowborn A vital and lasting record of poverty and the pandemic. Superbly presented, in places the voices are almost too painful to read. Government failure writ large and now all getting much worse. Jonathan Bradshaw, Emeritus Professor To understand what millions of people have gone through since the pandemic began, this book and its profoundly human voices are where you need to start. John Harris, The Guardian Here at last are the lost voices of the COVID-19 pandemic, where those on low incomes are no longer a footnote, or 'a whisper in history'. Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror This important participatory study - which puts the voices of low income parents and carers at its heart - should be read and also reflected and acted on by policy makers and all seeking a more just society. Ruth Lister, Member of the House of Lords and author of Poverty A ground-breaking - at times heart-breaking - perceptive and thought-provoking book, produced in true partnership with the families at the heart of the project. Work of this kind should be a beacon for other researchers. Kate E. Pickett, University of York Not simply a memoir but a call to action, a call for change. We must read, listen and take action to end poverty. Katy Goldstraw, Staffordshire University and APLE Collective Administrator