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Interesting that this Tory MP talks about responsibility and also tackling reasons for child poverty. The Tories have been in power since 2010 /1 #FreeSchoolMeals
Yet the DWPs own figures show a massive increase in child poverty since they came to power
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Food bank demand also absolutely exploded after they came to power. 3/ #foodpoverty
THERAD on the UN Special Rapporteur's statement on UK poverty. 'Key elements of the post-war Beveridge social contract are being overturned. In the process, some good outcomes have certainly been achieved, but great misery has also been inflicted unnecessarily ... (1/7)
'...especially on the working poor, on single mothers struggling against mighty odds, on people with disabilities who are already marginalized, and on millions of children.' Hard-hitting stuff from @Alston_UNSR
at the end of his investigation into the UK. (2/7)
at the end of his investigation into the UK. (2/7)
He notes that the #benefitcap, #twochildlimit and #bedroomtax have 'made it much harder for people to make ends meet' and is particularly critical of Chancellor's refusal to lift the benefits freeze while raising income tax thresholds that don't 'move the needle' on poverty (3/7)
