It’s not them – it’s us.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 by Kate Kewley Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | No Comments »If the government were to recall a quote, based on the frequency and bitterness with which it has been thrown back at them over the past few months, it would surely have to be the infamous ‘we’re all in this ...
Poverty and debt: how the CCCS helps
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 by CCCS Posted in Debt, UK poverty, Wellbeing | 1 Comment »Personal debt pervades UK society. At the end of October total UK personal debt stood at £1,452bn. As the UK’s leading debt counselling charity, we hear about the human cost of this stratospheric amount on a daily basis. We’re the Consumer ...
Green light for RBS cash bonuses? Have your say
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 by Kate Kewley Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Robin Hood Tax, Welfare reform | No Comments »RBS wants permission to pay out cash bonuses of up to £50,000; as a taxpayer, thus a shareholder, but also as someone facing substantial public sector cuts - what do you think? As calls for curbs to bank bonuses fill the ...
Keeping up with the Joneses: it doesn’t have to be this way
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Wellbeing | 3 Comments »I watched a scary movie the other day. It wasn’t a thriller or a psycho-drama, more a rom-com with a twist. It starred Demi Moore and that guy from the X-Files. It’s called The Joneses and depicts a faux-family, artificially ...
Should the rich pay off our national debt?
Monday, December 20th, 2010 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Cuts, Equality, Inequality, UK poverty | 1 Comment »According to Professor Greg Philo, the richest 6 million people in the UK have got £4,000 billion in private wealth, or £4 million per household. Just one fifth of that would pay off the whole national debt. In this clip, Professor Philo ...
Old Chinese Proverb: A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 by Hayley Richards Posted in Cuts, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 2 Comments »Why is it that as a society we have travelled so far and appear to have got nowhere? Just a couple of generations ago, a father would think nothing of walking 6 miles to work and home again. Today, for ...
