Heating or Eating – no one should have to choose
Friday, November 25th, 2011 by Rob Tolan Posted in Citizen's income, Fuel poverty, Inequality, Wellbeing | 2 Comments »A household is said to be in ‘fuel poverty’ if it needs to spend more than 10% of its income on fuel to in order to maintain a satisfactory temperature. The latest Government figures show that there are 5.5 million ...
Raising benefits in line with prices is the very least we can do
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Benefits, Citizen's income, Cuts, Fairness, Fuel poverty, Livelihoods, Unemployment | No Comments »Last week, rumours abounded that the Treasury was considering increasing benefits by less than the rate of inflation. The inflation figure for September tends to be used each year as the reference point for raising benefit and pension levels in ...
Mind the gap – is the VAT rise a step too far?
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 by Craig Cook Posted in Cuts, Fairness, Fuel poverty, Homelessness, Inequality, UK poverty | 1 Comment »The New Year is still in its infancy but already the prospects for 2011 are looking gloomy. Rail fares are going up by 6%, the cost of energy and petrol is rocketing and there is mass unemployment. However, ignoring for a ...
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 ...
