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The coalition government has slashed billions from the welfare budget to reduce the financial deficits made by politicians and financiers. Its Cabinet, dominated by millionaires and the privileged from Oxbridge, has imposed the most punitive welfare system this country has seen, yet its members are distanced from their victims.
I would like to introduce them to some of my friends from Easterhouse, Glasgow, one of the most deprived places in Scotland, who have to survive on low wages and slashed benefits.
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society