Why does the UK need Robin?
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 by Ben Morgan Posted in Inequality, Welfare reform, attitudes, child poverty, equality, gender, livelihoods, uk poverty | 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 ...
New campaign to stop single parent stigma
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Kate Bell Posted in attitudes, child poverty, equality, gender, livelihoods | 2 Comments »Kate Bell is Director of Policy, Advice and Communications at the single parent charity Gingerbread. Gingerbread is the national organisation supporting single parents in England and Wales. It is 92 years this month since we were formed as the National ...
Single parenthood doesn’t equal social breakdown – further evidence
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by Kate Bell Posted in Inequality, attitudes, child poverty, gender, uk poverty | No Comments »Kate Bell is Director of Policy, Advice and Communications at the single parent charity Gingerbread Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s book ‘The Spirit Level’ set out comprehensively to demonstrate that more equal societies are better for everyone. In their update, which ...
Who Cares?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in asylum Seekers, equality, gender, labourrights, migrants, refugees, uk poverty | No Comments »The UK has an ageing population – with the number of people over 80 set to double to eight per cent of the population by 2030. Unable to meet the ever-increasing demand for care workers through the British workforce, the ...
Nurseries on the brink
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 by Ben Morgan Posted in child poverty, equality, gender, uk poverty | No Comments »On Tuesday the Guardian carried an article highlighting the unintended danger posed to state nurseries by the new early years single funding formula that will come into force from September 2010. Parents reading this will be delighted to know ...
FRED’s having a hard time, and so is FREDa
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Sue Smith Posted in gender | 1 Comment »Yesterday we launched FRED - our character representing poor women and men in the UK hit hard by the recession. Today, I'm concentrating on women - FREDas, if you will. Things didn't start well - even before the recession, women were ...
