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The crisis in crisis support – reversing the slow abolition of welfare assistance funding
The abolition of the Local Welfare Assistance fund makes scant social or economic sense.
Tory MEPs ‘taking food from the mouths of children’
Britain’s food banks have been to be blocked from claiming millions in EU aid by Tory MEPs.
Fraud allegation Tory MP accused Eastern Europeans of benefit tourism
A Tory MP at the centre of £100,000 benefit fraud allegations has previously accused Eastern Europeans of coming to Britain from Eastern Europe in order to claim benefits.
By restricting the up-rating of benefits, the coalition is pushing vulnerable people into poverty
By slashing social security benefits the Tories therefore risk pushing some of the most vulnerable people in society back below the poverty line.
The Tories as the Workers’ party? Not as ridiculous as it sounds
The interests of the Tory party are very often diametrically opposed to those of most workers. However it would be a mistake to be complacent.
Politicians must embrace the shifting sands of democracy
Voting is no longer the only way in which people can be politically engaged.
Why are the SNP so relaxed about dancing to the Kremlin’s tune?
Why are senior SNP politicians so relaxed about appearing on RT (Russia Today)?
Poll boost to Better Together campaign
A new poll on Scottish independence suggests that undecided voters have moved to No since the last ICM poll in January.
Climate change will *not* reduce the number of winter deaths
Another right-wing myth about climate change has been debunked.
The chilling effect on democracy of the looming US-EU trade deal
A looming EU-US trade deal is profoundly undemocratic.