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"GOP Sen Cynthia Lummis:
“We had🚨in Wyoming record distributions of Meals on Wheels…So I’m worried. I’ll admit it”
“Golden age”
-Rs against Trump
She, as all Republican MOC, have been ecstatic about their #BBB, that caused hunger across America. They cut #SNAP, farm & food programs, senior services...‼️
#MealsOnWheels #Hunger #Austerity #Inflation #Stagflation #Economy #Republicans #USPol
Tuesday briefing: What needs to be done to tackle child poverty in the UK
In today’s newsletter: More than one-fifth of ‘austerity-generation’ British children live in poverty. Our social policy editor talks about the damage done and the way forwardPatrick Greenfield (the Guardian)
More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says
Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent yearsPatrick Butler (the Guardian)
Today the two-child benefit cap on universal credit ends (after nine years) allowing us to see (when data becomes available) what impact its imposition & now reversal had on child poverty.
Apart from anything else this will have been interesting opportunity to see clearly how state benefits impact poverty, and also (once again) give some indication of the skewed impact of the impact of austerity (which remains, while un-named, still at the centre of UK politics)