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‘Look at this: “Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to spend an extra £2bn on the SAS and other special units over the next five years.” The announcement has, of course, led to outrage from the British public – people who are being told that tax credits, universal credit or housing benefit will be […]

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‘George Osborne’s planned cuts to tax credits could result in a “substantial rise” in the number of people turning to foodbanks, it has been reported today. Trussell Trust handed out 506,369 food parcels between April to September of this year, compared to 492,641 during the same period in the previous year. Each parcel includes three-days-worth […]

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‘Nobody should have been surprised by the Department for Work and Pensions’ response to the revelation that suicide and mental illness soared in roughly equal measure to the amount of work capability assessments taking place, between 2010 and 2013. As predicted on This Blog yesterday evening, a spokesperson said: “The authors themselves caution that no […]

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‘Chancellor George Osborne announced fresh spending cuts for several government departments on Monday in the wake of his embarrassing defeat in the House of Lords on tax credit cuts. The environment, transport, local government and finance departments will have their day-to-day budgets, excluding capital expenditure, cut by an average 8 percent each year for the […]

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‘More than 100,000 vulnerable children in Britain will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, a leading charity has revealed. The report by homelessness charity Shelter found the number of children who will be homeless on Christmas morning has risen by more than 15,000 on last year. This is equivalent to four youngsters in every UK […]

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‘Iain Duncan Smith has recently announced that the harsh and punitive benefit sanctions regime will be made ‘less aggressive’, in response to criticism from a parliamentary select committee. But does that go far enough? The Work and Pensions Secretary said that people subjected to sanctions would from now on be given a “yellow card” or […]

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”Greece and its international creditors have resumed talks on the Athens’ progress in implementing the tough economic reforms required by the lenders in exchange for a new aid package. According to a statement by the Greek Finance Ministry, the high-level talks began on Wednesday between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and representatives of the European Commission […]

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George Osborne is coming under pressure from within his own party to rethink the decision to penalise millions of hard working families with cuts to their tax credits. Many Conservative MPs are likening the tax credit cuts to the Poll Tax and claim that it will damage their reputation as the party for the working […]

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‘First it was the working poor that were made to pay for the latest round of welfare cuts, and now it is disabled widows. The Government’s claim that welfare reform is based on the principle of “fairness” is crumbling pretty fast. The welfare state, which grew out of post-war solidarity, has for decades been based […]

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‘The Greek parliament has narrowly approved a new bill containing fresh austerity measures and economic overhauls required by the country’s international creditors in return for bailout funds. In the early hours of Saturday, a majority of 154 lawmakers, out of a total of 300, supported the bill that entails further tax increases, pension cuts, and […]

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‘UN representatives will visit the UK within weeks as part of an inquiry into “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people, which have allegedly taken place under austerity measures. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has been asked to intervene by campaign group ‘Disabled People Against Cuts,’ […]

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”Chancellor George Osborne has called on Labour MPs to defy their newly-elected leader Jeremy Corbyn and vote in favor of a harsh new fiscal charter, which economists have described as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘incoherent.’ Osborne on Wednesday asked “moderate, progressive Labour MPs” to back the legislation, which seeks to force future government to run a budget […]

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‘David Cameron gave his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester last week and there was a definite change in the political wind with an attempt to move towards the centre ground. He said that central to tackling big social problems is an all-out assault on poverty. Perhaps, Cameron could see the Conservatives […]

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‘The adoption of the austerity measures is stipulated in Athens’ third and latest bailout package from its European creditors and constitutes a condition for the further extension of credits to the country. Among other measures, the draft provides for the retirement age increase from 55 years for men and 50 for women to 67 for […]

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