Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, April 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
The news you didn’t seek this week…
‘The UK tax system is regressive. It penalises workers, pensioners and their families. It rewards speculators and rentiers. It favours financial speculation over the hard graft of work’
‘Despite the hype, the government has done little to help people navigate the immediate cost of living crisis. No attention has been paid to the causes of poverty.’
1.3 million, including 500,000 children, will fall into poverty, after Rishi Sunak’s failure to deliver on his promise to support people through the cost of living crisis.
‘For this was a budget where Sunak chose to prioritise his own Thatcherite ideology rather than the cost of living crisis.’
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95% of single parents have been worried about the rising cost of essentials over the last 12 months, compared with 57% of UK adults.
‘It is only the visible hand of government policies that is condemning people to poverty and hardship.’
The news you didn’t seek this week…