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Category Archives: Poverty
Don’t buy the lies about Executive Pay: Reward people for the contribution they make
“Did you know that the Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council gets paid £173,000 per year, which is over 14 times the least well paid person in the Council who get by on £12,145?” Over the last month, I’ve been knocking … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
We should be anti-bad business not anti-big business
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 … Continue reading
Welfare Reform Bill is on the right track, but it won’t get the job done
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 … Continue reading
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Seven months on: what were the reasons behind the August riots?
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 … Continue reading →