A leading think tank has warned that the Government is in a ‘terrible bind’ – whoever wins the next election. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says weak economic growth and stubbornly high inflation leave ‘no room’ for unfunded tax cuts or spending increases any time soon. One problem is the amount the government is shellingContinue reading “‘Sugar Rush’ Of Tax Cuts Before Election Fuels Recession Fears”
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Children Who Live In Shipping Containers
A leading welfare official said that thousands of children are living in shipping containers or flats built cheaply in old office blocks. The Children’s Commissioner said that they’re among 124,000 children living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils after their families became homeless. Anne Longfield said children in homeless families were frequently put up inContinue reading “Children Who Live In Shipping Containers”
We Were Treated Like Slaves!
In 1946, Laurie Humphreys, a 13-year-old boy living in an orphanage in Southampton, we sent to a ‘better life’ in Australia under the Child Migrants Programme, along with hundreds of other children. In numerous cases, they were taught only farm work and experienced brutality and hardship, including physical, psychological and sexual perversion. Gordon Brown didContinue reading “We Were Treated Like Slaves!”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 