Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
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Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
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This week I was given the opportunity to see an early preview of Ken Loach’s new film, I, Daniel Blake. The film follows the struggle of character Daniel Blake, played by Dave Johns in his recovery…Read more…
Food bank use has, for another year running, dramatically increased as more and more people – even those in work – bear the weight of government austerity that’s brought a crisis usually only…Read more…
A move by the Court of Appeal declaring the Bedroom tax unlawful has been greeted by Unite as a “significant step forward.” Judges in London ruled that in two separate cases – those of…Read more…
Young people’s mental health interventions, women’s refuge projects and food banks could come under threat as the government may well look to cut £320m from the Big Lottery Fund. The services that…Read more…
Tax credit cuts – which will see millions of the nation’s poorest families lose more than £1000 each year – have not yet even kicked in, and food bank use continues to soar each year. Figures…Read more…
Five years ago foodbanks were not something that everyone would necessarily have heard of and a decade ago they barely existed in the UK. Now there are over 1,000 foodbanks in the UK and in…Read more…
For many families the six weeks holidays are a time to look forward to where children can relax, enjoy day trips and holidays abroad or try different holiday clubs. But for many the shocking…Read more…
A member of my UNISON branch has contacted me about a new food co-operative, he is helping to set up in a foyer in Borough, South London.
Due to harsh benefit sanctions many of the young people who live in the foyer are dependent on local food banks a…Read more…
Food bank use in austerity Britain has skyrocketed under the coalition government – this is a fact widely reported in the media, as well as here on UniteLive. Full Fact, an organisation that…Read more…
In the 2014-15 financial year, Trussel Trust foodbanks helped feed families over one million times. As Michael noted when he blogged about this last week, that figure only covers Trussel foodbanks. If you include the ventures run by churches, charities…Read more…
The word is ‘cruelty’. That’s the only way to describe how people on benefits are treated, says Unite Community activist Colin Hampton. The current benefits regime seems to operate like a…Read more…
If you read the statistic that Britain is the sixth richest country in the world, you’d assume that it’s a nation virtually free of certain social and economic ills, such as poverty and disease,…Read more…
A new report has revealed that demand for food banks has soared – thanks to low pay and zero-hours contracts. The TUC study says a record number of families are existing on emergency food…Read more…
Food banks are gearing up to address growing demand during the Easter school holidays. Hard-pressed parents have to step in with lunches normally provided free at a school and may rely on charitable food banks for the kids meals. As well as three-day food parcels, charity the Trussell Trust will provide Easter eggs as […]
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This is the headline message within an excellent piece on the impact of the cuts and on families in the north east from Gill Hale UNISON northern region secretary. Hale argues ‘Work is no longer a…Read more…
We have had soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless for decades. But I despair that we live in a society that hundreds of thousands of UK children are dependent on personal charity to stop being hungry.
The cuts are getting worse, the safety net …Read more…