Government can't define poverty

The Council of Ministers says it can't define what poverty is.

A report on poverty affecting the Island is due to be laid before Tynwald during its April sitting.

In it, it says a number of different definitions are being considered but none have yet been adopted.

One suggestion is households earning under 60% of the Island's median income - that would mean in 2018, around 23 per cent of the Island was living in poverty.