Rebecca Roberts
@reberrama
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Works at @CityBridgeFndn. Personal Twitter account. Views my own.
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02-04-2009 18:57:57
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📣The new #GoodFoodLocal London report is out now!
🥘Find out how your council is bringing #healthy #sustainable food to Londoners and tackling the root causes of #foodpoverty Sustain Mayor of London Impact on Urban Health Trust for London buff.ly/3wwlLAu
More than half of new mothers have turned off the heating to save costs, new research from Maternity Action shows.
The failure of maternity pay to keep pace with living costs is driving many pregnant workers and new mothers into severe financial hardship.
It is not an accident that 3 out of 5 newly insecure workers are women. If anything, today’s data from the The Work Foundation is a stark reminder of the glaring gender inequalities within the UK labour market & a reflection of an economy that doesn't value the unpaid care women do🧵
Private renting isn't affordable in *any* of Londons 32 boroughs for bus drivers or care workers.
Vital new research from Generation Rent, highlighting London's extortionate housing costs which push many into poverty.
New analysis from abrdn Financial Fairness Trust & Donald Hirsch shows that our social security system is falling well short of protecting people from poverty.
Current benefit levels are leaving many households unable to afford life's essentials.
*Resources for charities campaigning during elections*
Elections are a great opportunity for charities to influence future policy, but also come with some important considerations.
We’ve brought together resources for campaigning during election periods: trustforlondon.org.uk/news/resources…
Last month the government launched a consultation on a proposed fee for people bringing a claim to the employment tribunal.
Director of ELAN Victoria Speed argues this would be an additional barrier to justice, especially to the most vulnerable workers: bit.ly/4btHn0v
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A cash-starved council is proposing disabled people be interned in care homes if their social care is “too costly”. This is a story of savage public funding cuts but also of which people society deems to matter.
My col. in today’s The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
By breaking link between how many mouths a family must feed & the support it gets, the 2-child limit fuels a near-doubling of poverty rate for kids born into larger families
It’s only half-implemented: this effect will intensify.
Frm new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-202…
A very important aspect of what is happening to poverty, is that for many it is becoming more acute. Our social security safety net is failing millions. Latest analysis from Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Last week Financial Conduct Authority signalled it would tackle premium finance.
Markets reacted, with shares tumbling.
In a new blog, our Director Martin Coppack says we have an opportunity to end this poverty premium in car insurance for good:
fairbydesign.com/news/car-insur…
New: UK drivers are being quoted a new record sum of nearly £1000 for the average annual cost of a car insurance policy.
In addition to these hikes, we know that people in poverty can pay a #povertypremium of nearly £500 for car insurance.