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An introduction to the issue of poverty. The imbalance of wealth in the early 1900s is covered, along with the size of the gap between the richest and the poorest. The clip then looks at how Seebohm Rowntree uncovered the extent of poverty and misery for the poorest in society and brought this to the attention of the public through his report. Low wages, debt and Rowntree's poverty line are explained in some depth.