
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: This unbrushed, unkempt Prime Minister reckons he can beat the Nats
He attacked the SNP for wanting the poor, hard-pressed taxpayer “to pay for more and more and more”.
He attacked the SNP for wanting the poor, hard-pressed taxpayer “to pay for more and more and more”.
My colleagues and I were elected on a promise to uphold our aid commitment. Breaking my word is a very big deal.
The Prime Minster could do worse than dust down the Social Justice Outcomes Framework published by the Coalition Government.
Labour would abolish Universal Credit, which has coped well with the unprecedented pressures of this unprecedented last year.
Until Ministers have a clear direction in which to steer the ship of anti-poverty policy, they will be at the mercy of the passengers.
The lesson of the last year is poorer communities are much more vulnerable to the next virus or health emergency.
The levelling up agenda depends upon nation-wide digital inclusivity. If we give up on this, we will be trying to deliver it with one hand held behind our back.
There is deprivation and lower educational attainment in the southern new towns, coastal communities, inner cities and rural coldspots.
Reducing their length will help close this attainment gap, while reducing the burden on working families.
And if the Chief Medical Officer says that the situation is rapidly becoming much worse, and that urgent action is needed, who am I to argue?
The first in a mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on Covid-19 – and helping those in deep poverty.
We need a long-term poverty strategy and a Social Justice Cabinet Committee. And here’s a Christmas holiday plan for childrens’ food.
We are allowing others to create a narrative for us, and in the absence of an agreed poverty measure and subsequent strategy, we always will.
Together with tax cuts and less regulation, higher or more extensive benefits look like better support for hungry children than vouchers.
We don’t just need to build back better with economic policy, but use the challenges of the pandemic to address social concerns too.