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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.
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
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