Tag Archives: poverty

By Mark Evans, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party The Senedd’s (Welsh Parliament) Equality and Social Justice Committee report ‘Calling time on child poverty; how Wales can do better’ highlighted what most working-class people already knew in Wales; the Welsh Labour government is failing to tackle child poverty. The committee, taking evidence from experts, was told that the Welsh government ...

By Adam Harmsworth Pressure is growing on the government to act on soaring energy bills which risk throwing 40% of UK households into fuel poverty. The Tory response has been predictably inadequate. They’ve announced a mandatory £200 loan in our bills, and a £150 council tax rebate, which the Resolution Foundation think tank has shown won’t reach an eighth of ...

By Ben Golightly Almost one in three children in Wales live in poverty! Even before the Coronavirus pandemic, the EHRC estimated that UK Government tax and welfare reforms would push a further 50,000 children into poverty. This has happened on Welsh Labour’s watch. The Welsh Government’s recent Child Poverty Strategy sets out an action plan which boils down to little ...

By Dave Reid The rightward drift of Labour under Keir Starmer was confirmed by Welsh Labour’s scandalous voting down of a proposal in the Senedd/Welsh Parliament to introduce free school meals for all children in receipt of universal credit. Wales has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK but under Welsh Labour we also have the least provision ...