‘Technically feasible’ and ‘morally right’ – latest from the Robin Hood tax campaign
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Robin Hood Tax, UK poverty, UKPP news, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | No Comments »It’s been a busy, important and successful couple of months for the Robin Hood Tax campaign. Increasingly widely recognised as an idea ‘whose time has come’ (to quote from a recent article by economist Ha-Joon Chang and researcher Duncan Green), ...
‘Why Social Inequality Persists’
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Fairness, Inequality, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Unemployment, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | No Comments »Speaking at the RSA, leading social commentators Danny Dorling and Kate Pickett discuss the persistence of injustice and the unacknowledged beliefs that propagate it.
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 ...
Oxfam response to the publication of the Welfare Reform Bill
Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Benefits, UK poverty, Unemployment, Welfare reform | 1 Comment »Kate Wareing, Oxfam’s UK Poverty Director said: “Today’s Bill, though a step in the right direction, still lacks a lot of detail. The government must make sure the safety net welfare provides is not being pulled from under our feet. Iain ...
Can human rights provide a counter-narrative to the cuts agenda?
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Attitudes, Cuts, Equality, Fairness, UK poverty, Welfare reform, Wellbeing | 4 Comments »As we increasingly begin to feel the real effects of public spending cuts, the government’s language of ‘fairness’ will feel more empty than ever. Cuts to the public services that the poorest in society in particular rely on are going ...
“Work for free – or lose your benefits”
Thursday, January 13th, 2011 by Craig Cook Posted in Benefits, UK poverty, Unemployment, Welfare reform | 5 Comments »Over the years UK-Australian trade relations have been strong and mutually beneficial. We gave our Australian cousins cricket and in return they gave us Rolf Harris. Result! But the latest import from Down Under – a work initiative that forces ...
