The invisible crisis: Can’t see or won’t see?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 by Sue Smith Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Gender, Livelihoods, Migrants | 2 Comments »The economy continues to dominate voters’ concerns and politicians’ in trays. Recession has further blighted life for millions of people, already on low incomes for many years. Groups that suffered before the recession are now suffering more. This is often ...
EU Parliament full of merry (wo)men
Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Frida Eklund Posted in Gender, Robin Hood Tax | No Comments »Yesterday I joined Robin Hood and his Merry Band – leaving the forests of Sherwood to descend upon Brussels. We were there to send a message to the leaders of Europe as they gathered to discuss jobs, growth and climate change ...
Why Oxfam joined the Fair Work Coalition
Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in Labour rights, Livelihoods, Migrants | 1 Comment »Get a job and you’re on the route out of poverty – that’s what the government will tell you. After all, ‘paid work is the route to independence, health and well-being for most people’. Surely if everyone had a job ...
A ‘Robin Hood’ Budget
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 by Ben Morgan Posted in Child poverty, Equality, Fuel poverty, Gender, Inequality, Labour rights, Livelihoods, Welfare reform | 2 Comments »The Chancellor Alistair Darling has said there will be "no giveaways" in tomorrow's budget. He has intimated caution despite the surprise likelihood that tax receipts will be higher than the same month last year, excelling the expectations set out in ...
Poverty, or The Giants Who Wouldn’t Die
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Attitudes, Child poverty, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 2 Comments »What single national policy change would most reduce poverty amongst working age people? That’s the question I’m being asked to address; but before I do so, it’s worth taking a bit of a reality check. There are 13.5 million people who ...
Benefits and the Robin Hood Tax
Friday, March 12th, 2010 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Attitudes, Inequality, Livelihoods, Welfare reform | No Comments »We’ve already told you quite a bit about what poverty looks like in the UK. But, you may well ask, don’t we have benefits, welfare and social security, in short, a safety net, which tackles that very problem? Allow me ...
