Angela Rayner has encouraged Rachel Reeves to strip middle-class families of child benefits payments, it has been claimed. The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to ‘claw back’ the benefit from families where the highest earner’s annual earnings were between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported. If taken forward, the decision would undo an announcement by the Tories in March 2024 thatContinue reading “Rayner Urges Rachel Reeves To Strip Middle-Class Child Benefits”
Tag Archives: Poverty
Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’
Calls for people with disabilities who ‘cannot work’ to be excluded from any benefits cuts have been given a major update after an official response from the Department for Work and Pensions. Millions of people on benefits are living in fear of changes set to come in November 2026. Eligibility requirements would be tightened toContinue reading “Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’”
Keir Branded ‘Sir Kid Starver’ After Suspending Seven MPs Over The Two-Child Benefit Cap
As he prepares for his first questioning at the PMQs, Keir Starmer is already finding it difficult to control the enraged labour infighting. Just two weeks after securing his historic victory, Sir Keir will face criticism from the dispatch box after being thwarted by seven MPs in a vote on the two-child benefit cap. However,Continue reading “Keir Branded ‘Sir Kid Starver’ After Suspending Seven MPs Over The Two-Child Benefit Cap”
Heartbreaking Study Finds Children In Destitution Miss Out On Education
A heartbreaking study has discovered that the number of children living in poverty has soared in the past year, with education now a luxury that numerous families can no longer afford. A new State of Child Poverty report, produced by charity Buttle UK, found 122,000 children are living in poverty, accounting for 60 per centContinue reading “Heartbreaking Study Finds Children In Destitution Miss Out On Education”
PARLIAMENT AND STATE PENSION
The British State Pension is far too low, we all know that. It needs to increase and be put back to anyone aged 60. If the Government put pensions up to £380 a week, it should lift thousands out of deprivation and give our senior folk more spending power and help boost the economy. However,Continue reading “PARLIAMENT AND STATE PENSION”
The Re-Emergence Of Complete Destitution in Britain
Something dreadful is steadily occurring across the face of Great Britain. We’re noticing the return of total levels of poverty which has not happened on this scale since the Victorial age over a century ago. Relative poverty is when people can’t pay for the luxury and pleasures which nearly all people have, but complete povertyContinue reading “The Re-Emergence Of Complete Destitution in Britain”
Child Poverty No Longer A Problem Of The Workless And Work Shy
Two thirds of impoverished children are at the moment from families where an adult is in employment and, a great deal of low middle income children face being worse off than their parents because of decreased earnings and soaring prices. Maybe more affluent pensioners’ benefits should be given the chop and, minimum pay increased, butContinue reading “Child Poverty No Longer A Problem Of The Workless And Work Shy”
State Of The Art Ripple Of Socialism
We must stop working with the exempt stock market solidarity set up by Margaret Thatcher because Britain is at the moment afflicted with the largest decrease in living standards since Queen Victoria was seated on the throne. If political pressure isn’t the central issue of the day, in that case the whole political structure mayContinue reading “State Of The Art Ripple Of Socialism”
GPs are Billing People £130 to Prove they are Disabled Enough
A number of GPs are billing disabled people up to £130 for medical proof; so that they can appeal the Work Capability Assessments and, other GPs are declining to assist at all. Atos are saying that 45 per cent of people with life long disabling illness or incapacities will get better and, must search for work.Continue reading “GPs are Billing People £130 to Prove they are Disabled Enough”
Dickensian Britain 2013
The poverty in some sections of Great Britain is a reflection of a Dickensian Era, leaving schools to struggle; as a growing amount of children go without the most fundamental skills. This nation was meant to have grown and, with higher standards, but instead children are coming to school incapable of dressing themselves or being ableContinue reading “Dickensian Britain 2013”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 