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9 May 2012
iPads for MPs: Up to £660. That's how much the gadget of the moment, the iPad, will set you back. Months of hard saving for most of us - but not if you're an MP. 70 MPs have already claimed expenses for an iPad
11 January 2012
The cumulative effect of unemployment, a shortage of affordable housing and the cuts to housing benefit is turning the clock backwards on housing, writes Alison Hill.
17 August 2011
Defend council tenants from eviction!
On Friday 12 August Tory-controlled Wandsworth council in London threatened a parent with eviction whose son has appeared in court
Workers and their families marched to Trafalgar Square on the trade union backed Save the Welfare State and Public Services demo, called by the National Pensioners Convention , photo Paul Mattsson
23 February 2011
Welfare Bill - Tories launch assault on the vulnerable
JANE IS in her 40s. Arthritis, heart disease, constant pain and a host of other problems led to her early retirement. She lives on benefits - primarily Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for her care and...
A housing protest on the Seven Stars estate in Wrekenton, Gateshead, photo Elaine Brunskill
8 December 2010
Housing under attack: Ripping off the roof over our heads
The Con-Dem government plans a 63% cut in funding for social house building. They want to remove security of tenure for new social housing tenants and are introducing massive cuts in housing benefit...
1 September 2010
THE CON-Dem coalition claims that their 'progressive' cuts hit hardest at the rich and that they 'shield' poor families from the effects of austerity...
10 February 2010
Vulnerable lose out on benefits
WHILE PRIVILEGED MPs and City fat cat bankers appear to have public funds coming out of their ears, millions of low paid workers are missing out on their entitlement to tax credits and housing benefit, amounting to a staggering £16 billion a year...
9 December 2009
Poverty report: Talk is cheap, especially if you happen to be the PM, Gordon Brown. For all the Labour government's spin on tackling poverty, it has actually been rising since 2004 according to an authoritative study...
20 February 2008
THE NUMBER of homeowners in England fell by a record 83,000 in 2007, according to a survey by leading mortgage lenders Halifax...
29 January 2008
THE RECENT white-knuckle ride on world stock markets threatens a world recession. And it will be working-class people who will pay the price, writes Manny Thain
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