UK benefits fall to their lowest value in 50 years
Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.
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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, April 2022
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The UK’s tax system is regressive, rewards the wealthy and is in urgent need of reform
‘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’
Rishi Sunak did nothing to help those struggling with the cost of living crisis
‘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 people will be pushed into absolute poverty next year after Chancellor’s lack of support
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.
How Rishi Sunak failed to help millions struggling with the cost of living crisis in his Spring statement
‘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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Cost of living crisis has meant over a quarter of single parent families have already gone without food
95% of single parents have been worried about the rising cost of essentials over the last 12 months, compared with 57% of UK adults.
Here’s how we can reset the economy and undo the damage done by neoliberal policies
‘It is only the visible hand of government policies that is condemning people to poverty and hardship.’