I remember ‘97 so well. I was living in Camden and stayed up most of the night. The next morning I had to go to Islington to a photographer’s house. He took an iconic photo of Gordon Smith about to score at Wembley, you know the one, which appeared in The Guardian a week or so earlier; I had...
Yes. But given the huge problems in the UK at the moment, and given the low numbers of benefit fiddlers, it’s not exactly top of the priority list. I’d prefer he sort out the mess his colleague Truss caused with cost of living and a huge investment in health care…1.8 million waiting for mental...
It’s not irrelevant, it’s most likely a major contributory factor to the figure. I agree it’s dire. As I say, companies should not (indirectly) receive benefits to prop them up. I’d abolish universal credit and let private businesses pay rates which attract the appropriate staff. If they can’t...
Would we good to also see the stats without universal credit as well. You can’t point your finger at those who actually work but have such low income it needs topping up.