Six-figure salary Farage whinges: I’m so poor
Nigel Farage is at it again. He’s out in force today, claiming to be a ‘man of the…
Poverty
Real change means changing cultures not just systems
I have been thinking a lot about change. About how to achieve it and how to make it…
My bill to make work pay in Low Wage Britain
Today I will be speaking in Parliament on behalf of a woman called Catherine. She lives nearly 200 miles…
Young people are ‘the new face of poverty’ – what are politicians doing about it?
It feels as if UK politics repeating a very tired story. A political drama fills newspaper front pages,…
Poor working conditions leads to rise in poverty for young people
Young people in work are now increasingly likely to live poverty, new research shows. The rise in insecure…
No Westminster stitch-up on power devolution
This post is written by Alison McGovern MP and Stephen Twigg MP The most powerful argument in the…
Deprived families being left behind by Boris Johnson’s transport cuts
Throughout his time at City Hall Boris Johnson has expended a vast amount of hot air trying to…
Not so relaxed about the filthy rich
The gap between rich and poor is growing at an alarming rate and nowhere is that more starkly…
Number of people living in absolute poverty rises to almost 11 million
New official figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that the number of people living in…
What are charities for?
“when I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor,…
