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The UK benefits system does not systematically cater for the basic household needs of healthy eating and domestic energy.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
Progressive welfare reform would tackle disablist policies, banning sanctions and raising benefits to reflect true costs of living.
ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
Governmental support is failing the country’s most vulnerable households. Politicians need to act now.
It’s not always the case that poorer citizens want more public spending and richer people want less.
The idea that people are cheating the benefits system has a long history in British society.
To encourage the ‘economically inactive’ back to work, the government is changing pensions, childcare funding and creating more support for people with long-term illnesses.
COVID and the cost of living crisis are exacerbating the struggles informal carers face. Their labour deserves recognition.
Affordability is a question of political and policy priorities. If we want a fair and adequate social security system, we cannot continue cutting the resources of those who already have the least.
Requiring low-paid, part-time workers to increase their hours or take on multiple jobs can have adverse physical and mental health impacts.
The scale of the ‘disability price tag’ means one-off payments will hardly make a dent for many households.
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