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With its 37p increase the government is punishing disabled people
Disabled people have been hit especially hard by this pandemic, yet the government is refusing to increase benefits, writes RICHARD BURGON MP
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
THE coronavirus crisis has not just been a public health emergency but a social emergency too. So it should have been a moment to bring society together — to rebuild our social security system to ensure that everyone had the support needed to get through this crisis and beyond.
Yet many have been thrown into even greater hardship while the government has chosen to simply wash its hands of its responsibility to support them.
Take the benefits that millions survive on. This week those benefits were increased by just 37p a week for those on so-called “legacy benefits.”
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