Poverty
Since the policy arrived in her own constituency, referrals to our foodbank have risen 106% – accepting there's a problem is just the first step
“We turn up and it’s concrete floors, bare walls, all they have is what’s in their bag."
Oxfam has released a report ahead of the 2019 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos highlighting how low taxes on the world’s wealthiest has led to inequality that is ‘out of control’. Taxes on the super rich are at the lowest level they’ve been in decades, while hundreds of millions of children across the globe go without education and millions struggle to access healthcare, according to Oxfam. They suggest that a 0.5 percent increase in taxes on the wealthiest one percent could provide the funds to support those education and health services.
Your right to education, your right to health, your right to dignity - none should depend on where you live
Each year, 1.6 billion tonnes of food goes to waste, that’s about one third of the food produced globally. By 2030, that figure is expected to increase to 2.1 billion tonnes. And yet, in the UK alone, an estimated 8.4 million people are struggling to afford to eat. That’s equivalent to the entire population of London.
"Single mums are disproportionately impacted by poverty and shoulder most of the burden of the cap," the Women's Budget Group says.
Nearly one-in-five children under the age of 15 are at risk in growing crisis.
I work with people struggling under the policy, but we never expected to see so much brokenness in people’s eyes, so much stress and anxiety
The cost of Christmas becomes even more acute for low income households, many of which are struggling to cover normal household bills without the extra cost of the holiday season.