“The wilful destruction of Sure Start and the reductions of children’s benefits after 2010 has set back opportunities for millions of children’s futures. That’s why our country desperately needs a new Sure Start.”
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The statistics are concerning, indicating a significant gap in providing support and information to victims of crime.

Access to clear explanations about the criminal justice process is crucial for victims to navigate through the system effectively and feel supported throughout…

Over half of Black children, and 47% of Asian children are living in poverty.

Utterly shocking in 2024 Britain, and inexcusable. This is a political choice.

Every day brings a new set of statistics showing the cost of this government clinging on to power.

And of course, these aren’t just stats.

They are children, whose lives are being ruined by a mix of government incompetence & indifference.

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How do you know that things are broken? Pawnbrokers are recording a 40% increase in profits.

Our Joseph Rowntree Foundation COL tracker in Oct 2023 found that over 1.5 million low income families were using pawnbrokers & almost every single one of them (98%) were going without essentials like food

The OBR is showing enormous cuts to public investment since the Autumn Statement

A cut of £4.5bn next year, almost £20bn less public investment over the forecast period compared to last autumn

This is not a plan to revitalise the economy and pull us out of stagnation!

If the Chancellor thinks an NI cut, and some well overdue investment in NHS IT are going to cut it, he’s away with the 🧚‍♀️🧚

Worst growth since Great Depression.

Worst real wage growth in modern history.

Worst government for living standards since records began.

CALCULATOR: Workers on less than £30k are worse off overall thanks to frozen tax thresholds, despite the now 4p national insurance cut.

Workers on £50k do best - saving enough for an extra holiday a year.

Workers on £15k lose most - about three months' worth of food shopping.

Personal taxes will also overall be going up not down (threshold freezes raise personal taxes by 1.3% GDP while rate cuts cut them by 0.9% = net tax rise).

Hunt announces a tax cut for landlords.

(CGT does not apply to primary properties.)

Today’s Budget should be the final chapter of fourteen years of Tory economic failure.

Taxes are rising, prices are going up in the shops and we have been hit by recession.

Britain is worse off under the Conservatives. Nothing Jeremy Hunt says or does today can change that.

🎈Fun Fact! 🎈

Since the last Budget, billed as the 'BUDGET FOR GROWTH', GDP has fallen 0.2%

(monthly GDP March 2023 vs Dec 2023)

'We said Sarah Everard's murder three years ago should be a watershed three years ago. How long must we go on and say the same things.'

Shadow home sec Yvette Cooper makes a statement in response to the Angiolini Inquiry

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'I am tired of fighting for systematic change and being given table scraps'

Labour MP Jess Phillips reads the names of the women killed as a result of violence over the past year

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Sonia is principled & hardworking, and serving alongside her as a cllr in West Norwood was a privilege. I'm disappointed in how Lambeth Labour have handled this - treating colleagues with respect and focusing on the issues that affect Lambeth residents should always come first

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Exactly this 👇🏾👇🏾

The current iteration of the Conservative Party summed-up in one policy:

Impractical, counterproductive and cruel