State of emergency: Universal Credit is about to roll over Luton and the effects will be devastating
This from Luton Today is self-explanatory: “There are fears a significant number of Luton people on benefits could be considerably worse …
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Food bank use has rocketed because it is impossible to survive on the Tory benefit system
What is the point of the UK’s financial deficit reaching its lowest level since 2007, if the country’s citizens are …
Tories deliberately refuse to record the effects of their cruelty to the poor – it is surprising that this still shocks people
For This Writer, the surprising aspect of this story is not that the DWP isn’t bothering to collect data on …
Tory ‘poppy fascist’ tarred and feathered on Twitter
Maria Caulfield is the clueless Conservative MP for Lewes, in east Sussex. She is a former nurse and the wife …
Here’s why the Trussell Trust and Citizens Advice’s demands on Universal Credit don’t go far enough
The problem with Universal Credit won’t be solved by “pausing” its rollout. The system is inherently flawed, in that it …
As commenters rush to his support, charities vilify Rees-Mogg’s food bank remark as “unchristian”
Some people will defend anything. That’s why, on the day Jacob Rees-Mogg called food banks “uplifting” while volunteers there said …
After Rees-Mogg said food banks that couldn’t help the starving were ‘uplifting’ – he’s challenged to WORK in one
Fat chance of that happening. Jacob Rees-Mogg has never done a day’s hard work in his life. The challenge from …
Food bank says children are starving. Rees-Mogg finds that ‘uplifting’
Tory darling Jacob Rees-Mogg has described the increased use of food banks as an “uplifting” example of charity – while …
Tories are unhappy about this graph being shared. Please share
Thanks to Rachael Swindon on Twitter for sharing this: It’s worth reading the print at the bottom: The Trussell Trust …
Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green is challenged over food banks
Bravo to Steve Rotheram for offering Damian Green another opportunity to prove how utterly, utterly diabolical he is. In fact, …