#poverty gap

[thisworldofcorruption]

Don’t use benefit claimants as scapegoat in Budget, 60 activist groups tell Reeves

Language around clamping down on the cost of benefits is damaging and stigmatising for those entitled to support from the state, charities w

UK Labour government: scapegoating benefit (welfare) claimants by hitting them with “sweeping cuts” or “punitive measures”?

This sounds more like a Tory, or even a Trump policy than a 'socialist' one... so why are Labour still trying to appease Conservative voters, and Daily Mail/Express/Telegraph readers, now they've been elected?

[thisworldofcorruption]

Reeves’s threshold freeze would leave low earners worse off than a tax increase

Experts said that for low earners, the move would effectively ‘invalidate’ Labour’s promise not to tax ‘working people’

Thanks, Labour.

Take away my Winter Fuel Allowance and then refuse to raise the income tax threshold, so I will pay even more tax out of my meagre UK pension.

I thought voting Labour would mean reducing the poverty gap, not INCREASING it.

[thisworldofcorruption]

Awaab's Law: Tenants in mouldy homes in Rochdale told they breathe too much - BBC News

Awaab's Law: Tenants in mouldy homes in Rochdale told they breathe too much

Tenants share experiences of living in mouldy homes as the government proposes a new law in memory of Awaab Ishak.

Corrupt Britain in the 21st century:

Many poor people forced to live in uninhabitable property, children die from the poor conditions, and then told they "breathe too much" by the landlords.

How does a 'civilised', wealthy country and its government allow people to be treated like this?

What the hell is wrong with Britain?

Is it so preoccupied with rubbish 'reality' TV shows and so-called 'celebrities' that it doesn't care about the ACTUAL reality of poverty and the tragic lack of decent, affordable homes for its own citizens?

[thisworldofcorruption]

Absolute poverty: UK sees biggest rise for 30 years

The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in 30 years, official figures show.

Funny how that 30 years takes us back to the last years of the Tory governments of Thatcher and Major...

"Vote Tory = Vote For Poverty".

[gwydionmisha]

Matthew Desmond - “Poverty, by America” & What It Takes to Close the Poverty Gap | The Daily Show

I remember learning all this in Economics 101. It's still true.

[everyday-life-and-death]

A disturbing amount of people are in support of Jeff Bezos’ business practices simply because they want someone to be the World’s first trillionaire.

Literally that’s all the thought they’ve put into it. “Wouldn’t it be awesome to be the worlds first trillionaire?” 

Coming from a background with basic education - no I don’t think it would.

[juavey-blog]

How To Fight Poverty? It's Simple: Give Cash To Poor People

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Experts don't know what a poor person needs. But guess who does? Poor people.

[gokicker]

World income inequality is a top priority at the annual World Economic Forum, which kicked off today. This topic isn't just important to business leaders  - it's relevant to you, too (we swear). 

Let's have a conversation: Davos 2014 and Beyond: World Income Inequality and You. Yes, You!