All Work and Low Pay: We must not forget how people from different backgrounds are affected in different ways

There has been much discussion recently about the issue of in-work poverty in the UK. Daniel Silver and Amina Lone argue that, to have any chance of transforming the lives of people on low-pay, we need to reveal the complex dimensions of poverty and make visible that which is often neglected in mainstream debates. Highlighting the high representation of ethnic minorities in low-paid work, they write that we must not forget how people from different backgrounds are affected in different ways.