Over 100 disabled celebrities call for U-turn on disability benefit cuts
They’ve described the cuts as ‘cruelty by policy’
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A food parcel every 11 seconds: Charity demands urgent action on hunger
Over the past five years, the number of families with children relying on food parcels has increased by 46 percent.
Gordon Brown reiterates call for government to drop two-child benefit cap
‘We’re dealing with a wrong diagnosis of the poverty problem, poverty used to be related to unemployment, it’s now low pay.’
Lord John Bird urges government to step up on poverty to head off Reform threat
Bird warns that unless the government acts now, they will not hold back the rise of Reform at the next general election.
A new bill will lead to mass state surveillance for the most vulnerable. We must act.
This bill grants the government powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving specified benefits
Richard Burgon’s petition calling for wealth tax, not disability cuts, attracts over 40,000 signatures
“The most vulnerable and poorest in society are being asked to pay for a crisis they didn’t cause.”
Cuts to disability benefits are riding roughshod over human rights
Poverty is a political choice, and ending it is possible should those in powers choose to
The North is still suffering inequality as a result of 12 years of the Bedroom Tax
Ending the bedroom tax is one step towards tackling regional inequality—because where you live, and what you can afford, shouldn’t hamper your future
The return of disability scapegoating
Fast forward 14 years since the Sun’s repugnant ‘Beat the Cheat’ campaign, and the same misguided and exaggerated vilification of disabled people has resurfaced, this time under a Labour government.
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement is atest