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This Island Now

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A weekly look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country
Compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR
The Twilight Areas: why are the poor getting relatively poorerf
There are signs in our big cities of an American tendency towards concentrating the poorly off in certain areas, and the gap between rich and poor is actually increasing. What changes in housing should the new Government adopt to deal with this?
The programme includes HELENE MIDDLEWEEK , Pressure Co-ordinator of Shelter; PROFESSOR PETER TOWNSEND. Chairman of the Child Poverty Action Group; and ELIZABETH BURNEY of The Economist, author of Housing on Trial.
Produced by LEONIE COHN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicholas Taylor
Unknown:
Helene Middleweek
Unknown:
Peter Townsend.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Burney
Produced By:
Leonie Cohn
Source: Radio Times

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