Category - government cuts

December 12, 2017

Council funding to be cut in half over next two years, warns LGA

Already stretched councils in England will see the core central government funding they use to pay for vital services like collecting bins, filling potholes, protecting children and caring for elderly and disabled people, cut in half over the next two years.
October 20, 2017

Local Government Association responds to latest childhood obesity figures

The Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board has responded to the latest childhood obesity figures published by NHS Digital showing that obesity prevalence has continued to increase in the last year.
April 4, 2017

Open Letter to Prime Minister opposing ESA cut
March 24, 2016

Christian leaders want an end to cuts hitting disabled and sick people

High profile Christians from various walks of life have written an open letter to the new UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb, asking him to stop cuts to support for disabled and sick people.
August 30, 2015

Faslane extravagance means net job losses and a threat to security

George Osborne, the UK chancellor, announced that £500 million is to be spent on a nuclear submarine base in Scotland, securing or creating over 6,700 jobs and protecting the country.
August 16, 2015

New WOW Petition calls for impact assessment on cuts for disabled and sick

The WOW campaign today launches a new e-petition to remind the government that they have failed to honour the parliamentary motion in support of the WOWpetition.
August 15, 2015

Neglect of sick people and the assisted dying debate

As the UK parliament prepares to discuss a bill to legalise assisted dying, Savi Hensman examines the failures of provision in proper support for those with life-threatening conditions.
July 8, 2015

Details of welfare cuts and the impact of the budget on the most vulnerable

It would be quite misleading to describe the 2015 Summer Budget as a “one nation budget” or as favouring “working families” and “giving the nation a pay rise” in any meaningful sense, says Simon Barrow. On the contrary it hits low income households and disabled people, and will increase further Britain’s alarming levels of inequality.
July 5, 2015

TUC report says regional inequalities have increased since the recession

New research from the TUC shows London is outperforming other parts of the UK in economic and jobs growth, while recovery is weakest in the North West and Northern Ireland.
June 29, 2015

TUC report warns of effect of child benefit freeze on 3.9 million families

A new TUC report reveals that the government's decision to freeze child benefit will cost 3.9 million households with two or more children more than £2,000 by 2020.