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THE government’s former homelessness adviser warned today that Britain faces a “period of destitution,” with families struggling to afford food and buy shoes for their children.
Dame Louise Casey said Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus Job Support Scheme (JSS) would not “cut it.”
The scheme, to replace the more generous furlough scheme from November 1, will see those in “viable jobs” able to work at least one-third of their hours get 77 per cent of their pay, while the government’s contribution is capped at £697.92 per month.
Hurricanes might have natural causes but the tragedy that follows is entirely human-made and a consequence of capitalist greed, asserts ROGER McKENZIE
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
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland