Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com One of the key investigations into the causes of the Summer riots is due to publish it's findings tomorrow. The report of The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel is important as its remit was to give a voice to the communities and victims directly affected by the August riots. As ever, those closest to the… Continue reading Seven months on: what were the reasons behind the August riots?
Category: Poverty
Every Little Helps, but Tesco’s use of the Workfare scheme is exploitation for profit
We need work experience schemes for some welfare claimants, but the workfare scheme is being used by Tesco and others as exploitation for profit pure and simple. Workfare forces some job seekers to take unpaid work for months at a time in order to receive Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA) of under £70 per week. Rumblings of… Continue reading Every Little Helps, but Tesco’s use of the Workfare scheme is exploitation for profit
We should be anti-bad business not anti-big business
Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com George Osborne says that he is worried that the UK is becoming ‘anti-business’. What he means is anti-big business. I mean, if failing mega corporations can’t hide their profits away to avoid tax and CEOs can’t claim obscene bonuses in peace why would they want to come to theUK?… Continue reading We should be anti-bad business not anti-big business
Welfare Reform Bill is on the right track, but it won’t get the job done
Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels.com There’s been an awful lot of handwringing over the Welfare Reform Bill and the ‘benefits cap’ in particular. However, most of the bill is on the right track, although it’s only one part of the bigger picture. The Benefits Cap The benefits cap is clearly illogical and wrong (see… Continue reading Welfare Reform Bill is on the right track, but it won’t get the job done
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