Don’t punish people working illegally out of need, not greed.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Livelihoods | No Comments »Yesterday, I attended the launch in the House of Commons of the Need Not Greed campaign on the informal economy, convened by Community Links. The informal economy - sometimes called the black economy - describes work which would usually be legal, ...
A grassroots perspective on welfare reform
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 by Greg Brown Posted in Livelihoods | No Comments »Thrive is a community organising initiative in Stockton-on-Tees, in the north east of England. The initiative is working closely with people in poverty to get a good picture of the factors which help and hinder them in getting by. The ...
Migrants and Scotland: a different view
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 by Jason Bergen Posted in Migrants | No Comments »For me the week ended and began with Balkanarama, a popular club night from Edinburgh, premiering in Glasgow. Balkanarama however is influenced by music and sounds from further east. Sold-out and with queues of Scots and Eastern Europeans it was ...
Poverty – far more than a numbers game
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in Attitudes | No Comments »The numbers that highlight the scandal of poverty in the sixth richest country in the world only give a glimpse of the lives of some people living in the UK. In reality, people who are in poverty - often through ...
The recession on our doorstep – BMW cut 850 jobs across the road.
Monday, February 16th, 2009 by Antonia Bance Posted in Labour rights | 4 Comments »Usually this blog is global, but today it's intensely local too. Because, you see, from my window here in Oxfam House I can see the Cowley car plant. The building I'm in was built on the site of the old plant, ...
Could you live on £60 per week? And could your MP?
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 by Antonia Bance Posted in Livelihoods | 19 Comments »Yesterday, Tony McNulty MP, the minister for employment, admitted on BBC Radio Five Live that he couldn't survive on the amount of money his department gives to people who are out of work. Quoted in the Independent, he says "I don't ...
