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28 November 2018
Scrap the Tories' Universal Credit now!
New Tory Department for Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, of Windrush-scandal notoriety, hailed Universal Credit (UC) as a "tremendous force for good". It's been so good that in her constituency, food bank use went up by 87% in Hastings in the year following UC roll-out.
21 November 2018
75,000 kids in foster care - and counting: end cuts and for-profit care
"Fostering sector ripe for consolidation... fostering is a growth market..." These were the thoughts of the Financial Times back in 2013. Translation? Children going into care are seen as a profit opportunity by capitalist vultures.
7 November 2018
Private companies are making millions treating NHS patients in psychiatric hospitals that often fail to provide decent and safe care.
24 October 2018
Blairites plan to expand their very own academy chain
You would think that Labour politicians would be in favour of running schools that meet children's needs, unpolluted by the pursuit of profit and accountable to the communities that uses them. Well, these values are not held by Blairites who are at odds with Corbyn's plans to scrap the semi-privatised academy schools system.
24 October 2018
Universal Credit could trap women in violent relationships
The introduction of Universal Credit, under which families can lose £200 a month, has rightly provoked outrage
17 October 2018
Devon foster carers fight 30% cut in allowances
If austerity is over, no-one told the Tory councillors of Devon County Council. Foster carers are to have their allowances cut by 30%.
19 September 2018
250,000 families in "non-decent" homes
A quarter of a million families are bringing up children under the age of four in "non-decent" homes according to a recent report
12 September 2018
4m children in homes that can't afford fruit and veg
£10 an hour now Scrap benefit cuts: Four million children in the UK live in households unable to afford enough fruit, vegetables, fish and other essential food groups to meet government nutrition guidelines, says the Food Foundation.
5 September 2018
Self-harm soars among young: fight the mental health crisis
22% of 14-year-old girls are self-harming. They are more than twice as likely as boys - themselves at an unacceptable 9%
29 August 2018
Working families £50 a week short of paying for kids
Feed your child or heat the house; buy a school uniform or pay the electricity bill - these are the kinds of impossible choices faced by more and more working parents every day
20 June 2018
Recent reports show there is an increase in the number of suicides among refugees in the UK. The latest additions to that number are three teenage refugees from Eritrea who have taken their own lives in London.
30 May 2018
Aberfan disaster novel reminds us Grenfell was not an anomaly
Fiction: Black River: Aberfan, Hillsborough, Grenfell. Names synonymous with warnings ignored, corners cut and the disregard capitalism has for working class lives.
25 May 2018
Action demanded from new council
In a fantastic show of unity, campaigners from across the spectrum of local issues came together
23 May 2018
How 'Prevent' training fosters racist paranoia
Recently work required me to complete online 'Prevent' training, supposed to help those who work with young people spot signs of "radicalisation."
16 May 2018
Save Our Square takes fight to developers
On 9 May, Socialist Party members who are part of the Save Our Square campaign in Walthamstow, east London, lobbied the annual general meeting of Capital & Regional (C&R)
2 May 2018
Salford nursery campaigners take fight to parliament
The 'fight for the five' campaign, which is trying to save the remaining local authority nurseries in Salford, took their battle to parliament on 25 April.
11 April 2018
Child poverty to hit 5m by 2021 - strikes can stop the cuts
"My children have grey skin, poor teeth, poor hair, poor nails. They are thinner... when you see them with children of the same age who are from an affluent area, they just look tiny."
28 March 2018
"Theresa May, strong and stable, stole the food from the children's table!" chanted 60 or so protesters at the first protest in Liverpool against free school meals being scrapped, writes Hugh Caffrey Socialist Party North West, secretary.
28 March 2018
For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Our kids or the Tories?
Like the NHS and council services, public state education in primary, secondary, special schools and colleges is facing a dire crisis
21 March 2018
Workers can beat NHS cuts and sell-offs: Estimates suggest up to 50,000 children and young people will be losing out on vital mental health attention
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