Comments on: 15 key bits of the UN poverty report which has made the government so angry https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Secretively-funded think tank takes credit for abolition of aid ministry | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/#comment-1010927 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:45:03 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136717#comment-1010927 […] June 2019, a United Nations rapporteur said welfare changes seemed to have “intentionally targeted” women and that benefit […]

]]> By: Jeremy Hunt is no better than Boris Johnson | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/#comment-971327 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:11:05 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136717#comment-971327 […] a UN report detailed the level of suffering that the policy of austerity has caused, a safe candidate would […]

]]> By: Julia Gibb https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/#comment-968479 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:55:03 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136717#comment-968479 Who is going to stop it!?
The U.K. Is moving further and further right so it will get worse.
The arrogance of Corbyn refusing to work with the other parties is shameful. Labour has to become a team player. The problem is no one knows what he stands for.
Without a unified coalition of Labour/Greens//PC/SNP/LibDems/Independents we are heading for a fire sale of UK assets.
Stop abstaining. Stop trying to manipulate the situation to Labour’s advantage.
The issues in this article are nothing in comparison to what is coming down the road.

Two Party politics is alive and well (In Corbyns head)

]]> By: nhsgp https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/#comment-968478 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:59:28 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136717#comment-968478 220 bn a year goes on the debts caused by the welfare state and borrowing.
That causes austerity, poverty, wealth inequality, lack of investment, …
It’s going to get worse because of the rate of increase in the welfare state’s debts.

So lets start with not funding the EU, and using it for investment instead.

]]> By: Patrick Newman https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/15-key-bits-of-the-un-poverty-report-which-has-made-the-government-so-angry/#comment-968460 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 14:51:19 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136717#comment-968460 This sums up the other planet that Tories like Hammond live on:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48503170.We should be grateful to Hammond for showing us what contrived shameless denial looks like.

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