35m people – almost half the UK population – face fuel poverty in October when prices rise again.
Time’s running out to change Universal Credit in time. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss must agree an emergency budget this week.
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Time’s running out to change Universal Credit in time. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss must agree an emergency budget this week.
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I estimate that in October, 50% of children – 7 million kids - will be in households that have to do without material necessities.
If nothing’s done before another increase in Jan, the fuel poor could rise to 39m – including 4 out of 5 lone parents, pensioners and large families.
If nothing’s done before another increase in Jan, the fuel poor could rise to 39m – including 4 out of 5 lone parents, pensioners and large families.
In Fife, I’m seeing poverty reminiscent of the 1930s.
Kids going to school hungry or being kept off school because parents can’t afford uniform or shoes.
Pensioners choosing whether to feed electricity meters or themselves.
Nurses queueing at food banks after long shifts.
Kids going to school hungry or being kept off school because parents can’t afford uniform or shoes.
Pensioners choosing whether to feed electricity meters or themselves.
Nurses queueing at food banks after long shifts.
Churches plan to offer warm halls as “heating hubs” this winter.
Doctors are looking at how to help malnourished kids.
Fife runs a warehouse that is a food bank, bedding bank, clothes bank, toiletries bank, hygiene bank, baby bank and fuel bank all in one.
Doctors are looking at how to help malnourished kids.
Fife runs a warehouse that is a food bank, bedding bank, clothes bank, toiletries bank, hygiene bank, baby bank and fuel bank all in one.
The first line of defence is now food banks not the welfare state.
But the scale of poverty facing us is so huge that we cannot rely on charities. Those who have little have given generously to those who have nothing but raising money becomes harder as the cost of living bites.
But the scale of poverty facing us is so huge that we cannot rely on charities. Those who have little have given generously to those who have nothing but raising money becomes harder as the cost of living bites.
The June budget failed to address the problem.
It underestimated fuel price rises by around £500, while the flat-rate payment failed larger families and the disabled. It was worth £13 a week to a single person but just £2.60 a week for a couple with 3 children.
It underestimated fuel price rises by around £500, while the flat-rate payment failed larger families and the disabled. It was worth £13 a week to a single person but just £2.60 a week for a couple with 3 children.
Rishi Sunak may think raising debt is “immoral”.
Liz Truss may say higher taxes are “immoral”.
But there’s nothing moral about condemning millions of vulnerable and blameless children and pensioners to a winter of dire poverty.
Liz Truss may say higher taxes are “immoral”.
But there’s nothing moral about condemning millions of vulnerable and blameless children and pensioners to a winter of dire poverty.
If Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak don't agree an emergency budget in the next few days, Parliament should be recalled to force the changes we need.
To help pay for emergency winter help, the windfall oil and gas tax should now raise 15bn - not 5bn - and a bankers bonus levy should be introduced.
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