Destitution challenge – two days in
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 by Hannah Lucas Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, Livelihoods, Migrants, Refugees, UK poverty, Voluntary work | 1 Comment »So Marianne and I are 2 days in to the destitution challenge and so far surviving. Marianne turned her nose up at the rice and sweetcorn we ate for lunch yesterday and I was jealous of our housemates eating curry ...
At what price wealth?
Monday, April 11th, 2011 by Katherine Trebeck Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, UK poverty, Wellbeing, Whose Economy | No Comments »Reviewing the recently concluded Whose Economy? seminar series, a few major themes stand out. One of these was the issue of wealth: what is the price that our society, our economy and our environment pays for great extremes of wealth? As ...
New video from Bill Nighy: It cuts both ways… the Alternatives
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Fairness, Robin Hood Tax, UK poverty | No Comments »Bill Nighy, Zac Goldsmith and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien describe how a range of organisations propose alternatives to the government's austerity measures
“All the jobs on offer are low paid and insecure”
Thursday, March 24th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Equality, UK poverty | No Comments »Speaking at a Fawcett Society briefing on the 11th of March, single mother Julie King (activist for the Bristol based Single Parent Action Network, an Oxfam partner) highlighted the difficulty of being a single mother trying to find work. With ...
Robin Hood Tax debate, 29th March – be there
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Cuts, Fairness, Robin Hood Tax, UK poverty | No Comments »Do you have a view on the Robin Hood Tax? On the duty of the banks to make up for their part in the global financial crisis they brought about? On how we fight poverty and climate change when times ...
Oxfam’s response to the Welfare Reform Bill – second reading
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Benefits, Child poverty, Cuts, UK poverty, Welfare reform | No Comments »With plenty of coverage in today’s media, the second reading of the coalition’s ‘radical plans to reform the benefits system’ is attracting significant negative attention due to warnings from a group of cancer charities that the welfare bill ‘will penalise ...
