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Good Society

Michael Gove blasted for comments on cutting parents’ benefits over school truancy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 March, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

‘If Michael Gove thinks that the solution to encourage children back to school is to impoverish them, then he is living in a different century.’

Living wage

Living Wage Week: Giving low-earners a Real Living Wage would boost economy by £1.7bn, research finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 November, 2022

Raising the income of minimum wage workers would not only help those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, but would give the economy a huge boost, says the Living Wage Foundation.

Landfill

New campaign aims to raise awareness of clothing deprivation

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 September, 2022

The initiative is aimed at exposing clothing poverty and waste, to provide adequate clothing for all, and bring about change in law around the right to clothing.

German trains

How Europe is protecting the poor from the cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 July, 2022

In a drive to tackle soaring living costs, Germany has introduced a cap on travel expenses.

Solidarity with cleaners

Sue Gray’s findings spark flood of support for cleaners, security staff and low-paid workers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 May, 2022

Following exposure of ‘repugnant’ treatment of the lowest-paid staff at No 10, there has been an outpouring of solidarity towards cleaners and security staff across the UK.

End Violence Against Women

International Women’s Day: Calls for new approach to end VAWG and support all women’s rights

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 March, 2022

‘We call on government to match its rhetoric on ending VAWG with actions that support all women’s rights – including migrant women, and black and minoritised women.’

International response

Solidarity builds to help Poland accommodate refugees fleeing Ukraine

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 March, 2022

As central Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees with open arms, the international community ramps up efforts to support primary receiving countries like Poland.

Ukraine crisis

‘This isn’t solidarity, it’s immoral’: Home Office under fire for providing no legal route for Ukraine refugees to travel directly to UK

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 February, 2022

By failing to accept visa applications from Ukrainians, the government offers no safe and legal direct entry to Britain for those fleeing danger in the war-torn country, unless they have British relatives.

Divide between rich and poor

Gap between rich and poor set to widen as value of inheritance increases

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 February, 2022

As the value of inheritance is set to double, the divide between the affluent and the disadvantaged will expand over the next 20 years, research finds.

Poverty Britain

Calls for Treasury to make immediate cash payments to ease cost-of living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 January, 2022

‘The government cannot stand by and allow the rising cost of living to knock people off their feet,’ says the JRF, amid demands for the chancellor to hand out cash payments to help struggling families.

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