"It should be the super-rich and the corporate profiteers who pay to improve our broken society, not the poor."
Tag: poverty
We need real action to tackle poverty, make the wealthiest pay their fair share – Sarah Woolley, BFAWU
"The government wants to make more cuts to disability benefits - knowing full well the devastation that causes. And we say: enough is enough" - Sarah Woolley, BFAWU.
A Child Poverty Tax on the Wealthy – Ruth Lister
Baroness Ruth Lister warns against partial efforts to fix child poverty and urges a child poverty tax on the wealthy.
Apsana Begum MP: Punitive Welfare Policies and Austerity have Driven the Poverty Crisis for Years
For years, punitive welfare policies and austerity have pushed more and more people into poverty. It's time to put people first and stop the scapegoating, writes Apsana Begum MP.
We Need Immediate Action to End Child Poverty and Hunger – Rebecca Long-Bailey MP
Rebecca Long-Bailey recently spoke in a Parliamentary debate on foodbanks, calling for action to tackle child poverty and hunger, including by lifting the two-child benefit cap.
Labour’s Budget will not undo Tory negligence overnight – Ian Lavery MP
Ian Lavery assesses Labour's first Budget in fourteen years, praising some policy areas while warning against continued failings on poverty.
Scrap the two-child limit
Elaine Hoctor condemns this key driver of child poverty.
End child poverty and reinstate the Seven – model motion
Bring a model motion to your CLP or trade union branch, calling on Starmer to reinstate the seven MPs suspended for voting against child poverty.
Chancellor urged to reverse devastating decision to axe winter fuel payments
Pensioners organisations join economists and other voices, urging Rachel Reeves to reverse the decision to axe winter fuel payments - "devastating news for millions of older people".
Time to scrap the two-child benefit cap – Kim Johnson MP
Economists and anti-poverty campaigners alike have said that scrapping the two-child cap on benefits would immediately alleviate child poverty in this country, writes Kim Johnson MP.