Editorial: Eradicating the root causes of poverty

Too often successive generations in some families are condemned to living on the fringes of society. Inset: Social Policy Minister Michael Falzon. File photo: Times of Malta

Poverty is a growing crisis for individuals and families that current social welfare programmes are not designed to solve. Because those at risk of poverty will always be a minority, there is insufficient political focus on finding effective ways of eradicating the root causes of this problem.The European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions show...