‘The government’s mantra is that it is rebuilding the post-Covid economy by ‘levelling-up’, but it is hard to discern any policy that is reducing inequalities’.
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‘The last forty years of neoliberal coup has restructured the UK state so that instead of being a provider of public services it has become a guarantor of corporate profits and enrichment of the few.’
400,000 renting households have either been served an eviction notice or have been told they will be evicted, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
A survey of 1,647 respondents in the UK found that more than half adults wanted higher benefits for disabled people, carers and lone parents.
81% of carers are providing more care than they were at the start of the pandemic, 64% haven’t been able to take any breaks, and 44% say they are reaching breaking point.
Behind the rhetoric, real-world consequences of Tory policies are destroying the hopes and ambitions of the next generation, writes Alyn Smith, MP.
While some employers have stepped up during the pandemic, it’s public health bodies which are side-lining union reps.
If the Tory policy was scrapped now 200,000 children would immediately be lifted out of poverty
A rundown of the key manifesto points for three major parties
