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 ...
EU Parliament full of merry (wo)men
Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Frida Eklund Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Yesterday I joined Robin Hood and his Merry Band – leaving the forests of Sherwood to descend upon Brussels. We were there to send a message to the leaders of Europe as they gathered to discuss jobs, growth and climate change ...
Get your MP to do the Robin Hood Dance (or just sign the EDM)!
Friday, March 5th, 2010 by Maya Segas Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »You’ve probably already heard about the Robin Hood Tax, a tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad. If not, make sure you read all about it! Now that you’re clued up, have ...
The Cuts Agenda – Don’t run with scissors
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in Uncategorized, child poverty, equality, livelihoods, uk poverty | 5 Comments »Since David Cameron’s speech in Manchester last Thursday, a large part of the political discourse has been about what cuts can, and should, be made in public services. It is important that in a debate about saving money and reducing ...
Government slashes support to asylum seekers
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 by Marilyn Croser Posted in Uncategorized, asylum Seekers, refugees | 3 Comments »At the Refugee Council, we’ve launched a campaign calling on the government to revise its decision to cut support to asylum seekers to just over £5 per day. From October, single asylum seekers aged over 25 will receive just £35.13 ...
The Problem with the Idea of a Citizen’s Income
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Dan Paskins Posted in Citizen's income, Uncategorized, Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | 2 Comments »Here's the problem that advocates of a citizens income face: a recent political party newsletter in Hackney, attacking another political party, claimed that the Citizens Income would mean 'spending £188 billion on central government payments for millionaires'. This is ...
