Food banks have become the norm. But poverty should never be normal.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
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Schools at risk of staff exodus over low pay, UNISON warns
As thousands of UK schools take part in today’s ‘Stars in our Schools’ in celebration of support staff, a report shows the intense financial struggle of school employees on low pay.
‘Frankly a disgrace’: Food bank use remains “well above pre-pandemic level”
Dependence on food banks is still “well above” what it was before the pandemic, with emergency parcels feeding children on the rise, says Britain’s leading food bank charity.
Our recovery from the pandemic must tackle the poverty and inequalities laid bare by Covid
‘Plaid Cymru has consistently called on the Welsh Government to take action on the scandalous levels of child poverty in Wales – the highest level of all the UK nations’
Rocketing inflation to exacerbate cost of living crisis, unions warn
As inflation hits a ten-year high, millions of families are at risk of plunging deeper into poverty this winter, unions have cautioned.
Prof Prem Sikka: Government is handing billions to speculators but squeezing pensioners and the poor
‘Compare the inhuman treatment of pensioners and other vulnerable groups with welfare programme operated for the benefit of finance industry and speculators.’
Prof Prem Sikka: The Chancellor’s budget is a continuation of the government’s class wars
‘At a time of fragile economic recovery the government is squeezing household budgets, workers and pensioners. There is no sign of levelling-up.’
Labour must use the budget to make levelling up the test of this government
‘Labour should welcome the thrust of the levelling up agenda but play on Keir’s biggest strength: that unlike Johnson, he is seen as competent, capable, and professional’.
Diane Abbott MP: ‘Sunak is another Tory chancellor playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse’
‘The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.’
‘We can afford to contribute more’: UK millionaires call on chancellor to introduce wealth tax
‘We are proud to pay our taxes to reduce inequality, support stronger social care and the NHS,’ UK wealth holders write in a letter to Sunak.