Child poverty, homelessness hit new highs in mining-rich WA

"Findings from the Child Poverty in Australia report released on Monday found one in six children in WA are experiencing food insecurity, poor housing conditions and limited access to healthcare. More than 100 children and young people are sleeping rough in Perth every night, charities say."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/child-poverty-homelessness-hit-new-high-in-mining-rich-wa/106017944

‘From quarry to country - the 'resource curse’
"Australia a glorified quarry with some beaches. Australia does little besides digging stuff out of the ground to create national prosperity." Governance and tax enforcement is “the invisible machinery that turns a quarry into a country."
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https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025/11/11/the-stats-guy-resource-curse
#mining #wealth #children #unhoused #ChildPoverty #ResourceCurse #governance #extractivism #Australia #Country

The two-child benefit cap punishes families and exposes our dysfunctional relationship with those in power.

#TwoChildCap #ChildPoverty #UKPolitics #VoxPolitical
https://thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-do-we-let-politicians-cheat-us

“Keir has always said he wants to drive down #ChildPoverty in government. It would mortify him if it went up on his watch. He’s adamant that it will dwarf what Blair did to reduce child poverty in government. It really matters to him.”

#UKPol #Labour #Budget #Tax #Benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/10/labour-rachel-reeves-election-manifesto-tax-budget-news-updates-uk-politics-live

From 10 years ago, and still (increasingly) true:

"It has played a major role in a remarkable variety of crises: the financial meltdown of 2007‑8, the offshoring of wealth and power, of which the #PanamaPapers offer us merely a glimpse, the slow collapse of public #health and #education, resurgent #ChildPoverty, the epidemic of loneliness, the collapse of ecosystems, the rise of Donald #Trump."

#Politics #Neoliberalism

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot

The Women's Budget Group network on the two child benefit cap:

Dr Sara Reis, deputy director at UK-WBG concludes: 'No child’s future should depend on how many siblings they have. From Belfast to Cardiff, Edinburgh to London, the two-child limit is pushing families into poverty... Ending it in full would give over half a million children a fairer start'!

Scotland has already moved to alleviate its effects, now the cap needs to be removed.

#ChildPoverty #politics

https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/two-child-limit-end-children-poverty/

“The #MSM just buried a damning report into Keir Starmer’s government”

by James Wright in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour @uk_politics @BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCNews

The #MI5 #candidate [my edit] “Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’ is all talk, a new report by charity Carnegie has suggested. There has been no improvement in people’s overall wellbeing since Labour came to power”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2025/10/31/starmer-wellbeing-report/

#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Austerity #WFA #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #EpicFail

“Breaking: 6 Nottingham councillors quit Labour to form indy group”

by Skwawkbox with The Canary @thecanaryuk @uk_politics @UKLabour

“Councillors Kirsty Jones, Naim Salim, Anwar Khan, Imran Jalil, Faith Gakanje-Ajala, along w/ Cllr AJ Matsiko, who left Labour in April, say they oppose Labour on ‘national & international issues’ as well as the control-freakery of Starmer’s Westminster machine”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/10/30/nottingham-councillors-quit/

#Press #Labour #Starmer #BenefitsHarmer #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity

Child Poverty Day.

#childpoverty #poverty #children #endpoverty #childlabour #help #education #charity #endchildpoverty #hunger #letschangethestory #nopoverty #stopchildlabour #unsustainabilitygoals #change #school #humanrights #child #povertyinindia #ukpoverty #humanity #childrenscharity #povertyalleviation #worlddayagainstchildlabour #indiaanduk #indiapovertyproblem #streetlifeiscruel #goal #povertyindia #poorindia Child Poverty Day is celebrated today. Every year…

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/child-poverty-day/

Many Eligible Children in England Are Not Receiving Free School Meals

A significant number of children in England who qualify for free school meals are not receiving them, according to a report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). The report identifies several barriers that prevent families from accessing these meals, including stigma, lack of digital access and... [More info]

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🔗 Listen now & be the change

👉 https://thepodcasting.org/top-10-best-child-poverty-podcasts-leading-shows-on-child-poverty-solutions/

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