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A ballot box, February 29, 2024
ANTI-POVERTY campaigners are urging low-income households to get on the electoral register ahead of the June 18 general election deadline.
Scottish anti-poverty network, the Poverty Alliance has launched its Vote Your Values campaign amid long-standing concerns that the poorest in society do not vote, and growing disquiet at the disenfranchising effects the Tory rules requiring photo ID could have on those on the lowest incomes.
A recent report by think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), showed a turnout gap of a staggering 18 per cent between voters in the top third of incomes, and those in the bottom third in 2020, and warned July’s election could be the most unequal in more than six decades.
In 2024, 19 households grew richer by $1 trillion while 66 million households shared 3 per cent of wealth in the US, validating Marx’s prediction that capitalism ‘establishes an accumulation of misery corresponding with accumulation of capital,’ writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL