DWP could 'scrap' requirement for people on benefits to look for work for 35 hours a week - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-could-scrap-requirement-people-29650036?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

#DWP
#35HrsAWeekLookingForWork
#AnyJobVsGoodJobs
#VoluntaryVsForced
#BestWayToGetJobSeekersToEngageWithJobCentre
#NewEconomicsFoundation
#JobCentres
#BackToWork
#BackToWorkThroughPovertyBenefitsAndSanctions
#Sanctions
#Poverty
#PovertyRateBenefits
#PovertyBenefits

Tax cuts will plunge thousands into poverty, warn think tanks ahead of spring Budget
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/tax-cuts-will-plunge-thousands-into-poverty-warn-think-tanks-ahead-of-spring-budget/ar-BB1jgZGa?cvid=1eec0a3320b645d3a6f02385e95cea8e&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6

#Poverty
#TaxCuts
#Budget
#NationalInsurance
#NI
#Hunt
#CutsToServices
#InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch
#IPPR
#NewEconomicsFoundation
#NEF
#UniversalCredit
#UC
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#InstuteForFiscalStudies
#OBR
#GPs
#Dentists
#ResolutionFoundation
#Jones
#LibDems
#Olney
#Treasury

A reliance on uncertain technology to get us to net zero means that those on the lowest incomes could pay the biggest price.

If we do not urgently change the way we pay for the net zero transition, both today and in the future, there is a big risk the public consensus on the need for climate action will fall apart.

From the #NewEconomicsFoundation #NEF about #NetZero and the #JustTransition

https://neweconomics.org/2023/04/the-uks-net-zero-strategy-risks-entrenching-inequality

43% of households - 30 million people - will be unable to afford a decent standard of living by 2024

That includes almost 90% of single parents & 50% of workers with children

This is truly horrific

Do you think a #LivingIncome the best way to address this? That’s the #NewEconomicsFoundation proposal - v interesting

#UKPolitics #CostOfLivingCrisis #Poverty #EnoughIsEnough

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/12/30-million-in-uk-priced-out-of-decent-standard-of-living-by-2024

Tech your pick: New rules for online advertising https://youtu.be/SrdAHkt8Hbg?t=122
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=SrdAHkt8Hbg

Interesting discussion with an author of the recent #NewEconomicsFoundation report making the case that contextual advertisements work and a representative of #DigitalContentNext, a trade organization of digital publishers.

Sounded like we could get the publishers on our side. They are fed up with being squeezed and abused by the online advertisement monopolies.

#Media #DigitalPublishing #Google