Welfare Weekly Bedroom Tax: Commenting on new figures which show that evictions have risen by 60% in Hackney, London, Green Party spokesperson Charlotte George said: “These welfare reforms are hitting the poorest and the most vulnerable in our communities. How the Government can say that they are fair and helping people is beyond me. We are further increasing the gap between the wealthy and the rest by ghettoising and victimising people who need help paying the ridiculous rents in Hackney. “The Green Party is totally against these reforms and other austerity measures, which target people who are already hard done by. We will fight for a Citizen’s Wage, to ensure no-one in this country is in poverty, paid for by a Robin Hood Tax and land value tax, targeting the rich. We need to build more social housing and reclaim empty homes to help with the housing crisis, and rent controls should be introduced across London. Only then will we see our society mending the schism between the haves and have nots.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:58:09 +0000
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