Poverty isn’t just about welfare
A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies released today suggests Britain is set to miss its legally binding target of reducing the number of children in poverty to ten per cent or lower by 2020. Absolute child poverty will, in fact, rise to over three million by 2015 and one in four children will … Read more
All Work and Low Pay
This was Originally posted on Any Other Business UNICEF’s most recent report, published this week, seeks an explanation for the stark differences between child well-being in the UK, Sweden and Spain. The fact remains that of the three countries it is Britain’s children who are the least happy. The report follows research by UNICEF in … Read more
Time to think
It looks like London might be out of the woods. Last night, as I rode through the empty streets of the capital and passed black clad groups of policeman hanging around on street corners, I was struck by a true sense of relief. Though the situation certainly worsened in the rest of England one can … Read more
Poor Kids
This is a cross post from a blog I wrote for work at Any Other Business Jezza Neumann’s excellent documentary, ‘Poor Kids’, is a moving and timely investigation into the lives that Britain’s 3.5 million poor children lead. Sam, Courtney and Paige are poignant examples of the fact that – despite promises being made by … Read more
Attack the Block
Last Sunday I went to see a film about aliens attacking an estate in South London. Aliens land, people scream and blood is spilt. It sounds like a typical, albeit ridiculous, badly made alien film. ‘Attack the Block’ is not quite as it may appear from a first glance. The characters may lean towards stereotypes; … Read more
Subsidising Corporations
As FairPensions, who I work for, travel up and down the country this summer on the AGM trail we are coming face to face with some of Britain’s best paid individuals. The CEOs who we stand up in front of have seen their pay quadruple in the last decade while share prices have fallen. Only … Read more
