Inequality

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The potential Conservative welfare cuts set out in the leaked Whitehall documents shows that the Tories have promised, to cut billions from the social security budget in the next parliament.

These cuts will impact on the very groups the coalition has tried so far to protect from its five years of welfare reforms: “hard-working families”, disabled people who cannot work, and carers who spend their lives caring for chronically ill loved ones.

A Labour government is claiming would tackle the use of food banks across the UK, with the pledge that they “can never be allowed to become a permanent feature of British society”. Shadow ministers will promise to solve jobcentre benefit delays, halt the growth of benefit sanctions, and address low pay in a five-point plan aimed at reducing the number of people forced to turn to food banks.

Trussell Trust statistics showing that nearly a million people used food banks in 2013-

Labour will promise a cross-government approach to end what it calls the “chaos of food policy”

The High Pay Centre, a Think Tank produces some very interesting videos. This one about equality is particularly striking.

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