Despite Rishi Sunak’s attempts to rally his troops behind his plan and belief that there is a narrow path to victory, one Tory backbencher has candidly admitted that the Tories face ‘obliteration’ at the next general election. Danny Kruger, thetest
‘It is all one-way traffic, designed to boost corporate profits, weaken worker rights and penalise trade unions’
Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.
he report compiled by UNICEF compared relative income poverty rates, which means the proportion of people who fall below a threshold relative to the income of the average person in the population.
‘The Bill only targets the less well-off. There is no equivalent surveillance of legislators who accept payments to advance the interests of their corporate paymasters.’
‘The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.’
‘We are calling on the government to urgently confirm in the Autumn Statement that benefits will rise in line with inflation next April, and to reduce the burden of debt deductions which drive unacceptable levels of hardship.”
“The policies in place are not working or not protecting people in poverty, and much more needs to be done for these people to be protected.”
4 million people experienced destitution in 2022
The British state has declared war on low and middle income families
