The government’s ‘mental health recovery plan’ is an act of political gaslighting
As a social worker, I know just how much this plan misses the mark.
Search Results for Universal Credit
Revealed: Benefit cap hurting nearly 200,000 households
The vast majority of households hit by the cap are families with children.
Revealed: Chancellor’s secret wave of austerity on the horizon
Britain may be headed for a new period of Tory austerity, according to IFS analysis
Claudia Webbe MP: Deporting rough sleepers is counter-productive and cruel
It will push foreign rough sleepers away from help and into the arms of exploiters.
The new kind of automation putting gig economy workers at risk of destitution
Drivers report being ‘terminated’ through ‘no reply’ emails, and unable to challenge dismissals, in a worrying development for workers.
Prof Prem Sikka: This budget shows ‘levelling up’ is just a slogan
The budget will plunge more people into poverty and foodbank queues.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1 March 2021
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Spring Budget: Economists, opposition and campaigners react
“The party opposite spent a decade weakening the foundations of our economy. Now they pretend they can rebuild it,” Keir Starmer said.
Millions of Brits face worsening food insecurity, Rashford-backed report finds
More than two million children live in households that have experienced food insecurity in the past six months.
EXCLUSIVE: Report claims millions of Brits may have been unfairly denied furlough
A new group is campaigning for compensation for those denied furlough – demanding the Chancellor takes a leaf from the US’ book on income support.