by Bernadette Meaden | Apr 28, 2022 | Commentary
IN 2020, SECRETARY OF STATE THERESE COFFEY told the Work and Pensions Committee that her department does not have a ‘duty of care’ towards vulnerable benefit claimants. In response, Ken Butler of Disability Rights UK said: “The view of the Secretary of...
by Bernadette Meaden | Apr 3, 2022 | Commentary
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE face the future with dread, due to what has been dubbed a cost of living crisis. But what we really face is a social justice crisis. The amount of excessive wealth held in a few hands has soared during the pandemic. The government could, if it...
by Bernadette Meaden | Mar 22, 2022 | Commentary
PROFESSOR PHILIP ALSTON, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights made a study in 2018 of poverty in the UK, looking particularly at the social security system, which has undergone extensive reforms in the last decade. On completing his...
by Bernadette Meaden | Feb 25, 2022 | Commentary
ON THE EVENING of 23 February, I watched a live online show in aid of Asylum Link Merseyside. During that day the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine increased alarmingly, and I had to choose whether to continue watching grim developments on the news, or to...
by Bernadette Meaden | Feb 2, 2022 | Commentary
ONE OF THE HOTTEST TOPICS of the Brexit debate was whether migrant workers from EU countries were responsible for holding down the wages of British workers. Many people were persuaded that their in-work poverty was due to their wages being undercut by EU migrants....
