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26 June 2019
Union action can tackle 58% working poverty rate
Almost two-fifths of those in poverty in the UK are also in work
26 June 2019
It's official - Universal Credit forces women into prostitution
A Tory minister has been forced to retract an official statement that there was no link between Universal Credit and people being pushed into to the sex trade to survive
5 June 2019
Laughable research denies low-pay scandal
That's how many young adults will have felt when, sat in their bedsits, back living in childhood bedrooms, or sitting in their single rented room in a shared house, they read that actually they are benefiting from better pay according to the Resolution Foundation.
5 June 2019
Tories deny dire poverty ...look around you! Boot out the Tories
"I reject the idea that there are vast numbers of people facing dire poverty in this country." Those were the unbelievable words of Tory chancellor Philip Hammond.
29 May 2019
Blistering UN report condemns Tory austerity - workers' action can end it
The role of pro-market policies is clearly exposed as creating "a digital and sanitised version of the 19th-century workhouse, made infamous by Charles Dickens"
15 May 2019
Knife crime tragedy linked to council cuts
In my home city of Birmingham there have been over 270 knife crimes so far this year. West Midlands Police report an 87% increase since 2013-2014.
15 May 2019
Take the wealth off the super-rich
The top 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families in Britain are sitting on a record £771.3 billion, up £47.8 billion in a year. This astonishing fact is in this year's Sunday Times Rich List.
10 May 2019
Mitie workers striking against poverty pay
Workers employed by Mitie at Sellafield are living in poverty after working all week
8 May 2019
Young and old, unite and fight!
A new House of Lords report is clearly an attack on pensioner benefits and an attempt to drive a wedge between older and younger people
1 May 2019
Letters to the Socialist's editors including the Notre Dame disaster and civil disobedience.
17 April 2019
20 years of the minimum wage: Fight for a real living wage for every worker
The minimum wage was one of the very few pro-worker steps taken by a right-wing Labour government
3 April 2019
Working families in poverty: fund homes and childcare
In the UK, 2.9 million children from working families are now living in poverty, reports the Department for Work and Pensions. And more than a third of babies are living below the poverty line, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
13 March 2019
Tories out. Scrap Universal Credit. Fight for living wages and welfare!
Universal Credit is hardly out of the news. The suffering and anxiety it has caused is immeasurable - so much so that even some Tory MPs have been forced to highlight problems with its implementation.
13 March 2019
Anger after violent youth deaths - Communities need public services not cuts
So far this year, ten teenagers have already lost their lives in London as a result of knife crime. In response to these tragedies, people are rightly demanding action to keep communities safe.
6 March 2019
Trade union action to end low pay now!
Poverty pay for 1.2 million public sector workers. 2.7% pay rise for MPs: More than one million public sector workers are paid less than the minimum amount needed to make ends meet, as set by the Living Wage Foundation. They calculate this as £9 an hour, or £10.55 in London.
20 February 2019
Annoyed?! I'm annoyed to be on poverty wages
There was another lively picket outside the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London on 13 February. The staff, PCS members, are outsourced on contracts that pay poverty wages. They want to be brought back in-house and paid a living wage.
12 December 2018
Cuts and NHS crisis result in 'excess' elderly deaths
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal that there were 50,100 'excess deaths' in England and Wales in the winter of 2017-18, the highest number since the mid-1970s.
5 December 2018
Austerity: not one more day - Tories out now
Events have confirmed the weak and feeble position of the Tories. Now we must seize the time, mobilise around the call for an immediate general election, and drive the Tories out! Join us in this fight!
28 November 2018
Wonderful socialist play finds Edwardian poverty not in past
Theatre: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists: On a cold November evening, myself and other Newcastle Socialist Party members went along to see The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists. To say it was wonderful is an understatement
28 November 2018
End "poverty, ill health and despair":a benefits adviser speaks out against the cuts
I have worked, since leaving college - 22 years - solely in benefits. I have witnessed the systematic destruction of a support system meant to help those who need it most, creating a widespread situation
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