Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds was understandably sceptical of Rishi Sunak’s claims to be “helping the poorest the most”, but Tories are moving in the right direction.
Millions of people are struggling financially because of coronavirus.
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It is unclear what happens to these people and their families should they get sick or worse still pass away in the line of duty.
This outbreak is going to show how decimated the UK’s welfare system is, and how it is the most vulnerable in society that will suffer the most.
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The UK is on the tipping point of a humanitarian emergency. To tackle this the government must now give more money to local authorities.
Supporting and empowering jobseekers has better results than the current “economic” approaches used by jobcentres up and down the country.
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The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union from 1878.
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The UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty has given a damning indictment of how austerity has hit the UK. A former UN envoy explains why his calls to uphold social rights are so crucial.