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Prem Sikka: How the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the government’s latest erosion of hard-won rights
'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.'
Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people
'The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.'
Trussell Trust urges government to use Autumn Statement to protect low income households, as food banks are at ‘breaking point’
‘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.”
UK government is ‘violating international law’ over poverty levels, says UN official
“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.”
1,000,000 children living in most extreme poverty as figure almost trebles since 2017, report finds
4 million people experienced destitution in 2022
The government isn’t waging a war on poverty. It’s waging a war on the poor.
The British state has declared war on low and middle income families