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The government must abandon Tory policies and give people hope
The government is continuing with Tory policies which would deepen despair and push more people into the arms of right-wing extremists.
How the Government can combat right-wing extremists by challenging neoliberalism
The political system has abandoned low/middle income families and makes them an easy target for right-wing extremists offering simplistic solutions
New research reveals devastating impact of the two-child benefit cap
The study found that 23 percent of families with three children and 26 percent of families with four or more children experienced food insecurity in June, compared to 17 percent of households with one or two children and 12 percent of households without children.
These are the steps the new government would take if it was serious about tackling poverty
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer makes the case for scrapping the two child benefit cap, rent controls, and council house building
4 facts which show how cruel the two-child benefit cap is
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would lift 300,000 children out of poverty
‘Cruel’ two-child benefit cap now affects 1.6 million children
"Of the 1.6 million children in households affected by the policy, 52% of children were in households with three children, 29% in households with four children, and 19% are in households with five or more children.”