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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
6 April, 2023

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Children living in poverty

More than a million children growing up in poverty under two-child benefits limit

Basit Mahmood
6 April, 2023

“I am currently on maternity leave and can’t afford to stay at home for the full 39 weeks due to not receiving any extra help from tax credits as this is my 3rd child.”

Charities slam Rishi Sunak over crackdown on ‘nuisance beggars’

Basit Mahmood
28 March, 2023

‘It cannot be understated how traumatic, dangerous and dehumanising life on the streets is’

Children living in poverty

Child poverty rises by 350,000 to 4.2 million

Basit Mahmood
24 March, 2023

48% of children in BAME families are growing up in poverty as are 44% of children in lone-parent families.

Rent

The freeze on Local Housing Allowance is only increasing the financial pain for renters

Wera Hobhouse MP
21 March, 2023

We have called for the Local Housing Allowance to be unfrozen so that benefits are more closely aligned with the rate of rent in an area

Rishi Sunak speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons at PMQs

Graph shows how badly the Tories have failed working people

Basit Mahmood
20 March, 2023

UK living standards have fallen behind those of other industrialised countries

Lib Dem conference

Liberal Democrats vote for a Guaranteed Basic Income

Hannah Davenport
18 March, 2023

The policy was heralded as a ‘powerful ambition to eradicate poverty’

Rishi Sunak speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons at PMQs

A graph which perfectly sums up Tory economic failure

Basit Mahmood
16 March, 2023

Living standards are expected to undergo the largest two-year decline since records began in 1956-57.

Hunt

Jeremy Hunt slammed for tax giveaway to the richest 1% while ordinary people struggle

Basit Mahmood
16 March, 2023

‘Not a dickie bird on public sector pay.’

Jeremy Hunt

Why the budget fails ordinary people and benefits the rich

Prem Sikka
16 March, 2023

Instead of addressing the real problems faced by people, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget has delivered the usual cocktail of austerity, low wages, higher taxes for the masses, and tax cuts for corporations and the rich.

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