More than 3.5 million Londoners have an income below what is needed for a basic standard of living
48% of children living in London are in households with incomes below what they need for a decent living standard.
48% of children living in London are in households with incomes below what they need for a decent living standard.
Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.
95% of single parents have been worried about the rising cost of essentials over the last 12 months, compared with 57% of UK adults.
64% of Conservative Party voters also feel that the government has not done enough as do 78% of Labour voters, 74% of Lib Dem voters and 93% of Green Party voters.
Carl Packman reviews Stewart Lansley’s “The Cost of Inequality,” and loves it.
Stewart Lansley argues that the crisis we are suffering is one of demand and inequality, and that we can solve both with a one-off redistribution of wealth.