Tag: austerity

Around 2,700 teaching assistants from Durham are facing the sack, in a move by the local authority to save money. ...

In a move that has left communities in shock, Greater Manchester Fire Service is about to sack every last one ...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Gideon Osborne, has pulled himself out of backbench obscurity with a revival of his ...

It's official. The Conservative austerity agenda is causing a mental health crisis. The cuts made to housing benefits have seen ...

A new report by the charity Oxfam shines yet another light on the UK's inequality crisis. It also calls on Prime ...

It was over before it began. Former Prime Minister David William Donald Cameron lasted a grand total of two months ...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has labelled the shocking rise in hate crime against disabled people a “disgrace” and promised to enact ...

Britain's biggest 'fat cat' boss earned in 45 minutes what the average worker earns in a year, a new study ...

A disabled woman has been informed that the council will spend between several days and two weeks observing everything she ...

A high-end fashion designer is using his influence to raise awareness of the shocking increase in homelessness in the UK. ...

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS CONTENT THAT MAY UPSET THE READER A report published on 8 September shows the terrifying depth of the childhood ...

Disabled rights activists brought Downing Street and Westminster to a standstill on 7 September as part of a week-long campaign against ...

In parliament on 5 September, a report was launched into the effect of government cuts on disabled people in the UK. ...

It's generally accepted that women suffer the most from austerity. But now, it looks like some of the most vulnerable ...

Walking around the city streets of the UK, it is impossible to miss the growing levels of homelessness. Ever more ...

When Labour MPs by-and-large abstained from voting against the Conservative Party’s social cleansing budget in 2015, Off the Perch arranged ...

Since the beginning of Austerity in 2010, there has been an exponential rise in the number of British people reliant ...