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The right-wing press is the enemy of the poor
CHARLOTTE HUGHES was not impressed when The Sun newspaper asked for her help on a story about universal credit
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UNIVERSAL credit. The two words echo in my ears constantly. Living in a town that has been subjected to universal credit for four years, I can strongly attest to the suffering that it has caused.
I document this weekly in my blog, The Poor Side Of Life. Because the site has many readers now, I am frequently approached by researchers from newspapers and media companies.
So you can imagine my surprise when I received an email from the Sun On Sunday requesting for my help.
For years the most vulnerable people have been stigmatised and discriminated against by the right-wing press, which takes the stance that every poor person must be a scrounger, every disabled person must be faking it.
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