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  1. More on the housing crisis:

    According to Zoopla, over half of all rented homes in the UK now have rents over £1000 a month, up from 29% in 2020.

    (the average monthly nett salary last year was £2297 - ONS)

    In East England this has gone from 24% to 70% above £1k rent

    In Scotland, the North-West, East & West Midlands its 20%

    But in Yorkshire/Humber is 4% &
    In the North-East is none above £1k.

    Alongside energy costs, this is over half many workers' income!

    #housingcrisis #enforcedpoverty

  2. More on the housing crisis:

    According to Zoopla, over half of all rented homes in the UK now have rents over £1000 a month, up from 29% in 2020.

    (the average monthly nett salary last year was £2297 - ONS)

    In East England this has gone from 24% to 70% above £1k rent

    In Scotland, the North-West, East & West Midlands its 20%

    But in Yorkshire/Humber is 4% &
    In the North-East is none above £1k.

    Alongside energy costs, this is over half many workers' income!

    #housingcrisis #enforcedpoverty

  3. More on the housing crisis:

    According to Zoopla, over half of all rented homes in the UK now have rents over £1000 a month, up from 29% in 2020.

    (the average monthly nett salary last year was £2297 - ONS)

    In East England this has gone from 24% to 70% above £1k rent

    In Scotland, the North-West, East & West Midlands its 20%

    But in Yorkshire/Humber is 4% &
    In the North-East is none above £1k.

    Alongside energy costs, this is over half many workers' income!

    #housingcrisis #enforcedpoverty

  4. More on the housing crisis:

    According to Zoopla, over half of all rented homes in the UK now have rents over £1000 a month, up from 29% in 2020.

    (the average monthly nett salary last year was £2297 - ONS)

    In East England this has gone from 24% to 70% above £1k rent

    In Scotland, the North-West, East & West Midlands its 20%

    But in Yorkshire/Humber is 4% &
    In the North-East is none above £1k.

    Alongside energy costs, this is over half many workers' income!

    #housingcrisis #enforcedpoverty

  5. The #enforcedpoverty crisis in photos (and commentary) - sometimes #photojournalism reveals more than just reporting...

    When you get down to the #deliveroo driver's shelter in Victoria Park #Bristol, you'll appreciate what the #gigeconomy's exploration of #workers looks like....

    Once you've read this I'm sure you will not begrudge me using the term #classwar!

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

  6. The #enforcedpoverty crisis in photos (and commentary) - sometimes #photojournalism reveals more than just reporting...

    When you get down to the #deliveroo driver's shelter in Victoria Park #Bristol, you'll appreciate what the #gigeconomy's exploration of #workers looks like....

    Once you've read this I'm sure you will not begrudge me using the term #classwar!

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

  7. The #enforcedpoverty crisis in photos (and commentary) - sometimes #photojournalism reveals more than just reporting...

    When you get down to the #deliveroo driver's shelter in Victoria Park #Bristol, you'll appreciate what the #gigeconomy's exploration of #workers looks like....

    Once you've read this I'm sure you will not begrudge me using the term #classwar!

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

  8. The #enforcedpoverty crisis in photos (and commentary) - sometimes #photojournalism reveals more than just reporting...

    When you get down to the #deliveroo driver's shelter in Victoria Park #Bristol, you'll appreciate what the #gigeconomy's exploration of #workers looks like....

    Once you've read this I'm sure you will not begrudge me using the term #classwar!

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

  9. The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).

    And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/f

  10. The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).

    And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/f

  11. The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).

    And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/f

  12. The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).

    And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/f

  13. The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).

    And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/f

  14. As regulated lending increasingly becomes the preserve of the stable & well-off, with sub-prime lending declining by more than a 1/3 in the last five years, for the vulnerable & financially insecure, credit options have become more difficult.

    Caught between a continuing period of state #enforcedpoverty & tightened regulations, the vulnerable are turning to unregulated Buy Now Pay Later loans or even loan sharks.

    Insecure lives are being further damaged by aggressive loan 'recovery'.

    H/T FT

  15. As regulated lending increasingly becomes the preserve of the stable & well-off, with sub-prime lending declining by more than a 1/3 in the last five years, for the vulnerable & financially insecure, credit options have become more difficult.

    Caught between a continuing period of state #enforcedpoverty & tightened regulations, the vulnerable are turning to unregulated Buy Now Pay Later loans or even loan sharks.

    Insecure lives are being further damaged by aggressive loan 'recovery'.

    H/T FT

  16. As regulated lending increasingly becomes the preserve of the stable & well-off, with sub-prime lending declining by more than a 1/3 in the last five years, for the vulnerable & financially insecure, credit options have become more difficult.

    Caught between a continuing period of state #enforcedpoverty & tightened regulations, the vulnerable are turning to unregulated Buy Now Pay Later loans or even loan sharks.

    Insecure lives are being further damaged by aggressive loan 'recovery'.

    H/T FT

  17. As regulated lending increasingly becomes the preserve of the stable & well-off, with sub-prime lending declining by more than a 1/3 in the last five years, for the vulnerable & financially insecure, credit options have become more difficult.

    Caught between a continuing period of state #enforcedpoverty & tightened regulations, the vulnerable are turning to unregulated Buy Now Pay Later loans or even loan sharks.

    Insecure lives are being further damaged by aggressive loan 'recovery'.

    H/T FT

  18. The British Retail Consortium's quick data on January #retail sales confirms that as sales growth (of 1.2%) continues to lag #inflation (4%) we continue to see a squeeze/decline on sales volumes;

    as this indicates, the #costofloivingcrisis (or as I prefer the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) is still driving down actual spending power for individuals.

    We are still buying less, although spending more on what we do buy.

    For consumers, this is what #recession looks like, whatever the formal GDP data

  19. The British Retail Consortium's quick data on January #retail sales confirms that as sales growth (of 1.2%) continues to lag #inflation (4%) we continue to see a squeeze/decline on sales volumes;

    as this indicates, the #costofloivingcrisis (or as I prefer the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) is still driving down actual spending power for individuals.

    We are still buying less, although spending more on what we do buy.

    For consumers, this is what #recession looks like, whatever the formal GDP data

  20. The British Retail Consortium's quick data on January #retail sales confirms that as sales growth (of 1.2%) continues to lag #inflation (4%) we continue to see a squeeze/decline on sales volumes;

    as this indicates, the #costofloivingcrisis (or as I prefer the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) is still driving down actual spending power for individuals.

    We are still buying less, although spending more on what we do buy.

    For consumers, this is what #recession looks like, whatever the formal GDP data

  21. The British Retail Consortium's quick data on January #retail sales confirms that as sales growth (of 1.2%) continues to lag #inflation (4%) we continue to see a squeeze/decline on sales volumes;

    as this indicates, the #costofloivingcrisis (or as I prefer the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) is still driving down actual spending power for individuals.

    We are still buying less, although spending more on what we do buy.

    For consumers, this is what #recession looks like, whatever the formal GDP data

  22. The British Retail Consortium's quick data on January #retail sales confirms that as sales growth (of 1.2%) continues to lag #inflation (4%) we continue to see a squeeze/decline on sales volumes;

    as this indicates, the #costofloivingcrisis (or as I prefer the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) is still driving down actual spending power for individuals.

    We are still buying less, although spending more on what we do buy.

    For consumers, this is what #recession looks like, whatever the formal GDP data

  23. First the #Tories cut council budgets & demanded efficiency gains... so councils sought #charities that could offer services more cheaply (as they were partly funded by donations & over grants).... then local provision became more & more dependent on these groups stretching their budgets.

    Now further council budget cuts & declining fundraising from elsewhere (during the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) leave these charities teetering on the edge of failure.

    #brokenbritain!
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f

  24. First the #Tories cut council budgets & demanded efficiency gains... so councils sought #charities that could offer services more cheaply (as they were partly funded by donations & over grants).... then local provision became more & more dependent on these groups stretching their budgets.

    Now further council budget cuts & declining fundraising from elsewhere (during the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) leave these charities teetering on the edge of failure.

    #brokenbritain!
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f

  25. First the #Tories cut council budgets & demanded efficiency gains... so councils sought #charities that could offer services more cheaply (as they were partly funded by donations & over grants).... then local provision became more & more dependent on these groups stretching their budgets.

    Now further council budget cuts & declining fundraising from elsewhere (during the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) leave these charities teetering on the edge of failure.

    #brokenbritain!
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f

  26. First the #Tories cut council budgets & demanded efficiency gains... so councils sought #charities that could offer services more cheaply (as they were partly funded by donations & over grants).... then local provision became more & more dependent on these groups stretching their budgets.

    Now further council budget cuts & declining fundraising from elsewhere (during the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) leave these charities teetering on the edge of failure.

    #brokenbritain!
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f

  27. First the #Tories cut council budgets & demanded efficiency gains... so councils sought #charities that could offer services more cheaply (as they were partly funded by donations & over grants).... then local provision became more & more dependent on these groups stretching their budgets.

    Now further council budget cuts & declining fundraising from elsewhere (during the crisis of #enforcedpoverty) leave these charities teetering on the edge of failure.

    #brokenbritain!
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f

  28. The #IMF has warned #JeremyHunt against #taxcuts & suggested he needs to rebuild the devastated (my word not theirs) #publicsector... but before you get all warm & fuzzy about the IMF, they also agree the BoE should maintain its #interestrates policy... so don't be confusing a pragmatic desire to see the public sector 'repaired' with any notion they're on the side of #workers struggling with high interest rates & #enforcedpoverty!

  29. The #IMF has warned #JeremyHunt against #taxcuts & suggested he needs to rebuild the devastated (my word not theirs) #publicsector... but before you get all warm & fuzzy about the IMF, they also agree the BoE should maintain its #interestrates policy... so don't be confusing a pragmatic desire to see the public sector 'repaired' with any notion they're on the side of #workers struggling with high interest rates & #enforcedpoverty!

  30. The #IMF has warned #JeremyHunt against #taxcuts & suggested he needs to rebuild the devastated (my word not theirs) #publicsector... but before you get all warm & fuzzy about the IMF, they also agree the BoE should maintain its #interestrates policy... so don't be confusing a pragmatic desire to see the public sector 'repaired' with any notion they're on the side of #workers struggling with high interest rates & #enforcedpoverty!

  31. The #IMF has warned #JeremyHunt against #taxcuts & suggested he needs to rebuild the devastated (my word not theirs) #publicsector... but before you get all warm & fuzzy about the IMF, they also agree the BoE should maintain its #interestrates policy... so don't be confusing a pragmatic desire to see the public sector 'repaired' with any notion they're on the side of #workers struggling with high interest rates & #enforcedpoverty!

  32. The financial crisis in Englands local government is (of course) multi-faceted but four areas particularly contribute to the budget pressures on councils trying to find ways to fund their statuary responsibilities:

    #children's services;
    Adult #socialcare;
    #Homelessness;
    Special #education needs & (associated) school transport.

    #austerity & the #Tories' #enforcedpoverty are compounding these problems & slowly degrading provision, punishing the vulnerable.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j

  33. The financial crisis in Englands local government is (of course) multi-faceted but four areas particularly contribute to the budget pressures on councils trying to find ways to fund their statuary responsibilities:

    #children's services;
    Adult #socialcare;
    #Homelessness;
    Special #education needs & (associated) school transport.

    #austerity & the #Tories' #enforcedpoverty are compounding these problems & slowly degrading provision, punishing the vulnerable.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j

  34. The financial crisis in Englands local government is (of course) multi-faceted but four areas particularly contribute to the budget pressures on councils trying to find ways to fund their statuary responsibilities:

    #children's services;
    Adult #socialcare;
    #Homelessness;
    Special #education needs & (associated) school transport.

    #austerity & the #Tories' #enforcedpoverty are compounding these problems & slowly degrading provision, punishing the vulnerable.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j

  35. The financial crisis in Englands local government is (of course) multi-faceted but four areas particularly contribute to the budget pressures on councils trying to find ways to fund their statuary responsibilities:

    #children's services;
    Adult #socialcare;
    #Homelessness;
    Special #education needs & (associated) school transport.

    #austerity & the #Tories' #enforcedpoverty are compounding these problems & slowly degrading provision, punishing the vulnerable.

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j

  36. The #Tories #enforcedpoverty via #austerity is constraining career choice among young people;

    under-25s are seeing the choices of jobs limited due to costs of training, clothing or commuting... yet one more way that the #Tories have found to reserve the best jobs & careers for the children of the middle-class...

    If it sounds like classwar & has effects like classwar, then (for my money).... it is #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/j

  37. The #Tories #enforcedpoverty via #austerity is constraining career choice among young people;

    under-25s are seeing the choices of jobs limited due to costs of training, clothing or commuting... yet one more way that the #Tories have found to reserve the best jobs & careers for the children of the middle-class...

    If it sounds like classwar & has effects like classwar, then (for my money).... it is #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/j

  38. The #Tories #enforcedpoverty via #austerity is constraining career choice among young people;

    under-25s are seeing the choices of jobs limited due to costs of training, clothing or commuting... yet one more way that the #Tories have found to reserve the best jobs & careers for the children of the middle-class...

    If it sounds like classwar & has effects like classwar, then (for my money).... it is #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/j

  39. The #Tories #enforcedpoverty via #austerity is constraining career choice among young people;

    under-25s are seeing the choices of jobs limited due to costs of training, clothing or commuting... yet one more way that the #Tories have found to reserve the best jobs & careers for the children of the middle-class...

    If it sounds like classwar & has effects like classwar, then (for my money).... it is #classwar!

    theguardian.com/society/2024/j

  40. I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:

    #enforcedpoverty
    #engineeredinequality
    #economicwaronthepoor

    I'm sure you'll be able to think of some others...

    but what we need is a term that has the immediate traction of the 'cost of living crisis'.

    Over to you!

  41. I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:

    #enforcedpoverty
    #engineeredinequality
    #economicwaronthepoor

    I'm sure you'll be able to think of some others...

    but what we need is a term that has the immediate traction of the 'cost of living crisis'.

    Over to you!

  42. I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:

    #enforcedpoverty
    #engineeredinequality
    #economicwaronthepoor

    I'm sure you'll be able to think of some others...

    but what we need is a term that has the immediate traction of the 'cost of living crisis'.

    Over to you!

  43. I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:

    #enforcedpoverty
    #engineeredinequality
    #economicwaronthepoor

    I'm sure you'll be able to think of some others...

    but what we need is a term that has the immediate traction of the 'cost of living crisis'.

    Over to you!

  44. I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:

    #enforcedpoverty
    #engineeredinequality
    #economicwaronthepoor

    I'm sure you'll be able to think of some others...

    but what we need is a term that has the immediate traction of the 'cost of living crisis'.

    Over to you!