The Meaninglessness of Fairness
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Child poverty, Equality, Inequality, UK poverty | 6 Comments »I recently saw someone’s new Facebook status reading: “Belinda is having a well-deserved glass of wine after a hard day’s shopping. Thirsty work.” This suggests to me how quickly the term ‘fairness’ has become distorted and almost meaningless. While hesitating to ...
Scrapping universal child benefit is not the only way to reduce the deficit
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 by Ruth Barnes Posted in Benefits, Child poverty, Welfare reform | 4 Comments »George Osborne announced the withdrawal of child benefit from 1.2 million higher income families at the Conservative Party conference on Monday. This means that families where one member earns enough to pay the higher tax rate, which currently stands at ...
Housing Benefit cuts will make people homeless and drive them away from jobs
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 by Richard Exell Posted in Child poverty, Homelessness, Welfare reform | No Comments »As specialist organisations have time to evaluate the likely effect of the Housing Benefit cuts, it is becoming clear that families will be forced into homelessness and child poverty will be exacerbated. The changes will force families to move away ...
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 ...
Why does the UK need Robin?
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 by Ben Morgan Posted in Attitudes, Child poverty, Equality, Gender, Inequality, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | No Comments »Most people don’t know how much poverty there is in Britain. The ugly truth is much worse than most realise, making a Robin Hood Tax even more important. Structural impoverishment in Britain is rife. 13.5 million people live in poverty, that’s ...
