The government must not miss the boat on opportunities like GalGael
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 by Lisa Glass Posted in uk poverty, voluntary work | No Comments »All of us are feeling the effects of the current cuts, but particularly vulnerable are voluntary sector groups who often rely on grants such as those from local government. These groups are, however, often unsung heroes, providing positive and effective ...
Stop headline-chasing on benefit fraud – and concentrate on fixing the system
Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | 1 Comment »This week, David Cameron returned to one of the favoured themes of politicians looking for easy headlines – benefit fraud. With the welfare bill under pressure like no other area of public spending and with benefits already at historically low ...
Short selling on the optimism of our young people
Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Welfare reform, attitudes, livelihoods, uk poverty | No Comments »David Cameron has said that in its spending cuts the ‘first thing’ the government should do is cut fraud and waste in the benefit system. The first thing? Really? Of course fraud anywhere should be stamped out – there is no ...
Partnership working and the importance of values
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 by Aaron Barbour Posted in Uncategorized, uk poverty | No Comments »Last week I was up in Manchester for Oxfam’s annual Country Leaning Review for their UK Poverty work. The day’s objectives were to: Meet other Oxfam partners and hear about their work Feed in to wider Oxfam’s thinking on developing strong ...
Poverty, or The Giants Who Wouldn’t Die
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Welfare reform, attitudes, child poverty, livelihoods, uk poverty | 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 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 ...
