Huge surge in poverty – and that’s BEFORE the Tory coronavirus response kicks us when we’re down
The Conservatives have put another 100,000 children into poverty – meaning 4.2 million are now living under the breadline. …
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Evidence shows Tory poverty-increasing policies are pushing children to early death
More English children are dying than should be expected – and the reason is likely to be poverty caused by …
MPs get above-inflation pay rise to £82,000 after creating massive increase in in-work poverty
Doesn’t it make you proud to be British? The so-called Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has given MPs an enormous pay …
UK poverty is at its worst for decades. It is a Tory policy that they’re not about to reverse
One in five of the UK population is living in poverty, more children and pensioners are in poverty now than …
Tories took £50 million from Britain’s poorest families in one month
It’s wilful impoverishment of the needy. The Tories have been working hard to force poverty-stricken families further into destitution, clawing …
Tories STILL haven’t bothered to research the harsh impact of Universal Credit delays
This is no surprise to anyone who has been following the contribution of Universal Credit to the spread of poverty …
Why do Tories keep carrying on about families having ‘too many children’?
I’ll answer that straight away: because it pushes responsibility onto the parents, rather than on governments that cause the poor …
People in the UK’s poorest communities have supported a government that will send them to food banks
The Con Party has managed to hoodwink a swathe of formerly Labour-supporting constituencies into supporting it – mainly with a …
Tory policies are forcing shivering, starving children to brave sub-zero temperatures in rags
Temperatures have plummetted lately but poverty-stricken children are turning up at school in rags, with no food in their bellies. …
Child poverty could reach 60-year high if Tories win general election – say experts
The number of children in poverty could reach a 60-year-high if the Conservatives win the general election, according to the …