Austerity News

See who’s saying what on Austerity and how different sections of the Press approach the same story.

John Lewis considers dropping staff bonus for the first time since 1953

Brexit: MPs plan their push for Final Say referendum after May suffers stunning Commons defeat

Brexit secretary prompts fury with suggestion new referendum should not happen due to far-right protests outside parliament

NHS 10-year plan relies on raiding other countries for thousands of nurses and doctors

Universal Credit crisis to get even worse as numbers of people on it to DOUBLE this year despite roll-out delay

Amber Rudd calls a halt to extension of universal benefits payment

Universal Credit roll-out will finish on schedule, says Theresa May, despite change of plan by Amber Rudd

Next phase of Universal Credit to be overhauled amid fears of a Tory revolt and after widespread criticism of the flagship welfare reform

Revealed: councils send teens in care to live in squalid B&Bs and bedsits

Big Issue magazine launches ‘augmented reality’ technology to share stories of homelessness in Britain

Jeremy Corbyn pledges to end 19th century law which criminalises rough sleepers

Labour promises to repeal begging laws

Labour vows to repeal ancient law that makes sleeping on streets a criminal offence

George Osborne denies his austerity caused homelessness crisis: ‘It’s not a lack of money’

Death at parliament of Gyula Remes adds to rising homeless shame

Homeless deaths rise by a quarter in five years, official figures show

Deaths of homeless people increase by a quarter as campaigners label official statistics a ‘source of national shame’

Recognise attacks on rough sleepers as hate crimes, say experts

Homeless man found dying near MPs’ entrance at Parliament

Second homeless man dies in the shadow of Parliament in 10 months as Hungarian kitchen worker who was found seriously ill in walkway by friends loses his fight for life

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