Poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and the government is violating international law, the UN poverty special envoy has said ahead of a visit to the country this week, when he will urge ministers to increase welfare spending. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week
The UK is housing asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge (as a kind of performative right wing cruelty - it's startlingly expensive to use). A lovely charity I work with has produced this helpful guide for anyone told they'll be moved there www.migrantsorganise.org/app/uploads/...
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On the street, people express disgust about politics and politicians and say 'they're all the same.' #Democracywestcountryvoices.co.uk/how-can-we-r...
One of the questions in a rather dull edition of Question Time last night was, “How can we have confidence in the running of our country?” A number of aspects of this question were interesting, wi...
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We have already seen immigration lawyers' lives threatened directly because of this government's repetition of far-right rhetoric. It's relentless stoking of hate is directly putting lives of people seeking safety and those whose job it is to support them at risk. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The Government’s ‘lefty lawyer’ rhetoric will ramp up ahead of elections, lawyers warn
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