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December 11, 2016

Lord Freud, Peter Oborne, and welfare reform

Veteran journalist Peter Oborne rightly has a reputation for integrity and intellectual rigour.
July 19, 2016

New report shows persistence of hunger in 21st century UK

The #stillhungry report published today by the West Cheshire Foodbank, demonstrates the persistence of hunger in 21st century Britain, where one in three people receiving emergency food is a child.
May 26, 2016

UN Security Council ends 13-year sanctions regime on Liberia

Acknowledging the sustained progress made on rebuilding Liberia after the 1999-2003 civil war, the United Nations Security Council has terminated an arms embargo against the country and dissolved the related mechanisms, namely the sanctions Committee and the expert panel.
March 11, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith, sanctions, and that video

We have, sadly, become accustomed to politicians making dubious claims, or even telling what appear to be lies when they feel cornered, or are trying to make a weak argument seem stronger.
March 3, 2016

UN adopts resolution tightening sanctions on North Korea

The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, due to the country's ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities that “threaten international peace and security.”
August 3, 2015

Benefit sanctions - overused, harmful and unjustified

David Clapson died with no food in his stomach, three weeks after his Jobseekers Allowance was
May 10, 2015

United Reformed Church minister's letter to David Cameron goes viral

An open letter to the Prime Minister from a United Reformed Church minister has been shared more than 30,000 times on Facebook.
May 8, 2015

Figures: 650 narratives from people at the sharp end of austerity

On the eve of the election, 650 stories from people at the sharp end of austerity were read aloud in a live performance, as part of artist-activist Liz Crow’s Figures project.
April 4, 2015

Foodbanks: 'big society' or damage limitation?

In a column in the Telegraph, Fraser Nelson has stated:
April 1, 2015

Devaluing the labour of 'hardworking taxpayers'

For the past five years, the UK business sector and the Department for Work and Pensions have behaved like a sort of tag team, working in concert to erode the pay and conditions of workers.