#labourausterity — Public Fediverse posts
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Research from the homelessness charity Crisis and the campaign group Health Equals found fewer than three in every 100 private rental properties listed in England were affordable for people on housing benefit between April and October 2024.
The Labour freeze on housing benefit will push many more thousands into homelessness and arrears.
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Labour won a massive majority. They had a choice: tax the rich and invest in people or slash welfare and call it ‘fiscal discipline.’ Guess which one they picked? Spoiler: It wasn’t taxing billionaires. #StarmerBetrayal #LabourAusterity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/panel-chancellor-rachel-reeves-defence-spending-welfare-cuts-growth-forecasts -
💚 As the Spring Statement approaches, let’s be clear: we need policies that protect people, not punish them.
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6️⃣ Fair societies invest in people, not punish them. A strong welfare system strengthens communities, boosts the economy, and creates a fairer future for all.
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5️⃣ Austerity doesn’t fix deficits – it worsens them. When people struggle to afford basics, economic activity slows, tax revenues drop, and public finances suffer. Austerity is a failed experiment.
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1️⃣ Welfare is not a luxury – it’s a lifeline. Cutting support leaves millions struggling and weakens our society. A fair system protects its most vulnerable.
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"...if the intention is to encourage more disabled people into work, then Labour should be looking at the barriers people with disabilities face when trying to access the workplace, such as the housing and care costs, plus the disability markup on essential products."
PIP cuts: Labour is making it harder for disabled people to work | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pip-cuts-labour-is-making-it-harder-for-disabled-people-to-work
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Work & pensions secretary Liz Kendall plans to keep £1.3bn in cuts to UK sickness benefits announced by the previous Tory government. This will affect half a million of the most vulnerable people.
She also plans to keep the draconian Tory changes to work capability assessments, in order to 'encourage' disabled people into work.Kendall was the only Labour leadership candidate in 2015 to fully back Tory welfare cuts.
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After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.
The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.#Disability #Pensioners #LabourAusterity #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance
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Starmer is talking bollocks.
There is no need for a round of further Tory austerity. There are many ways of raising the necessary billions, if only he and Reeves could ditch their craven adherence to neoliberal ideology and 'fiscal rectitude'.They could start by taxing capital gains at the same rate as income tax and restricting pension tax relief to the basic rate. This would more than cover their fictional £22bn black hole.