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In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted.

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David Cameron
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 9
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Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron
Rt. Hon. David William Donald Cameron
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