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More economic pain and hardship isn’t what people voted for, says Carla Denyer

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Image of the Green Party's Carla Denyer on BBC Question Time.
Image of the Green Party’s Carla Denyer on BBC Question Time.

Responding to Keir Starmer’s speech in which he said that the Labour government has inherited a £22bn black hole in the nation’s finances, as well as a “societal black hole”, co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer MP said:

“Enduring more economic pain and hardship isn’t what people voted for. They were told they were voting for change. Not voting for things to get worse before they get better. Labour needs to be honest about the fact that they could choose to make things better for everyone if they were bolder and braver.

“What is being framed as tough choices is actually about political choices. People don’t need a constant reminder that the Tories broke Britain. They need a new approach, not misguided fiscal rules that are set to make things worse.  

“We must generate the funds needed for investment by shifting the burden away from the poorest onto the wealthiest. Labour’s refusal to tax the super-rich shows that business as usual is very much still in business.  

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Child neglect has become normalised due to poverty, worker survey finds

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/child-neglect-has-become-normalised-due-to-poverty-worker-survey-finds

MORE than four in five professionals who deal with children experiencing neglect say there are not enough services to support them in England, according to new research.

The NSPCC said its poll of 700 workers from across police, healthcare, social care and education found they believe child neglect — defined as a persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and psychological needs — has become normalised.

More than half of those surveyed said they had seen an increase in neglect cases during their professional life, with nine in 10 saying the rising cost of living and poverty rates were driving factors.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/child-neglect-has-become-normalised-due-to-poverty-worker-survey-finds

Image of Keir Starmer and a poor child.
Zionist Keir ‘Kid Starver’ Starmer. Image thanks to The Skwawkbox.
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Starmer accused of insulting workers by warning of tough times ahead

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Keir Starmer confirms that he is continuing Tory policies and that he's proud to be a red Tory.
Keir Starmer confirms that he is continuing Tory policies and that he’s proud to be a red Tory.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmer-accused-insulting-workers-warning-tough-times-ahead

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Downing Street has billed the speech tomorrow as “a direct message to the working people across Britain.”

In it, Sir Keir is expected to develop the line of attack that Chancellor Rachel Reeves began when she accused the Tories before the summer recess of leaving a £22 billion black hole in this year’s budget.

Sir Keir will claim government has to take “unpopular decisions” to rebuild the country from “rubble and ruin” left by the Tories, saying: “We have inherited not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole.

“And that is why we have to take action and do things differently.

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmer-accused-insulting-workers-warning-tough-times-ahead

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Torygraph catches up to Reeves’s lack of due care – almost a year after Skwawkbox

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Original article republished from the Skwawkbox.

Labour’s disdain for conducting impact assessments on the effects of its cuts and austerity reaches the ‘MSM’ – 11 months after Skwawkbox exclusively revealed it

The Telegraph has today reported that right-wing Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves carried out ‘no impact assessment’ before ‘withdrawing winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners, the Telegraph can reveal’.

The right-wing rag is a little late to the party. Skwawkbox revealed exclusively eleven months ago that Labour undertook no impact for any of its plans on vulnerable people, whether pensioners, the disabled, the poor, the ill or children.

Tragically, the revelation was correct and Labour has begun to implement its red-Tory austerity – supposedly to fix the blue-Tory austerity that wrecked the country – as soon as it was ushered into power by the fascist Reform ‘party’ despite receiving far fewer votes than in 2017 and even the supposed ‘disaster’ of 2019 under Corbyn.

And the party is even trying to cover up how many people the blue-Tory policies killed, presumably so its hands are freer to impose fresh misery and death without scrutiny – as if the UK’s ‘mainstream’ media does much scrutiny in the first place.

Original article republished from the Skwawkbox.

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Greens respond to new energy price cap rise

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Image of the Green Party's Carla Denyer on BBC Question Time.
Image of the Green Party’s Carla Denyer on BBC Question Time.

Responding to news that energy regulator Ofgem has raised the price cap by 9.5 per cent just before the onset of winter, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: 

“Consumers are paying high prices for a crisis not of their making. This will be deeply worrying news for all those people already struggling to pay their bills. 

“The government has said that establishing GB Energy will reduce bills in the future, which would be welcome. However, that aim will only be achieved if the government invests in improving the energy efficiency of homes too. 

“We need a nationwide programme of government-backed, council-delivered home insulation starting immediately to help people keep their bills down for good. 

“We also now need the government to maintain the winter fuel payments for all pensioners and end means testing so that they know they can afford to keep warm. 

“We could reduce bills for the long term and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building new homes that are easier and cheaper to heat and boosting insulation in existing homes. Insulating people’s homes means they can stay warm while using less energy, save money and produce fewer harmful carbon emissions.” 

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