Tag: UK

By Graham Vanbergen: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a major piece of potential legislation, made to make him sound tough – and crack down on sickness and disability benefits in order to end a “sicknote culture.” Sunak has stated that “over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life” is the problem, and that “good […] The post The Bullshit Barometer Is Currently Off The Scale appeared first on TruePublica.

Published below is a letter sent by Mo Stewart of Mo Stewart Research, a Fellow of the Centre for Welfare Reform and Research Lead, Preventable Harm Project to Steve Barclay,  Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since November 2023, who is Mo’s local MP. Barclay previously served in various cabinet positions under […] The post The public health crisis created by UK social policy reforms appeared first on TruePublica.

The information below is the latest human Rights Country Report available From the United States of America’s State Department focused on Rwanda. This is the ‘executive summary’ and it makes very interesting reading when considering the current Bill being placed in front of MPs titled the: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. To all […] The post Rwanda – US State Dept Report on Human Rights appeared first on TruePublica.

By Mark Bou Mansour – Long read 12 minutes: Multinational corporations who submitted records to governments evidencing their use of tax havens to underpay a total of $868 billion in corporate tax have gone without public accountability for years, due to a global rule set by the OECD that prohibits governments from publicly disclosing the […] The post £690bn Of Tax Abuses Kept From Public By Global Tax Body appeared first on TruePublica.

By Silkie Carlo – At a time when global events could hardly feel more urgent, world leaders and industry leaders are looking to the future. But a future with AI could be even more hopeless than the present day. Will we use AI to make new scientific discoveries? Explore the edges of the universe? Find […] The post AI is not just a future problem – its already eroding our freedoms appeared first on TruePublica.

Anxiety disorders are becoming more common these days, and many people are becoming aware of them as a result of the increasing publicity that surrounds them. As a result, many people are either suffering or helping close family or friends with anxiety, which could, of course, become or be a part of a wider state […] The post Why do 1 in 10 individuals in the UK have an anxiety disorder? appeared first on TruePublica.

        Mo Stewart Research Fellow, Centre for Welfare Reform                                                                              Research Lead, Preventable Harm Project  […] The post Preventable Harm: Letter to Sir Iain Duncan Smith, MP  appeared first on TruePublica.

By Graham Vanbergen: Let’s get one fact straight above all others. Homelessness is a failure of the state to house its own people. It is rooted in the political economy and a direct result of government acquiescence to property speculation because it treats housing as a commodity over and above that of people. Whether you […] The post Homelessness: Facts, Figures and Suella Braverman appeared first on TruePublica.

By TruePublica Editor: “Public services in ‘perpetual state of decline since 2010.” That is the headline from yesterday’s Times newspaper. It confirms what the dire state of the country really is in. It is further proof of ‘Broken Britain.’ It is also further proof of the scale of damage the Tories have actually managed to […] The post “Public services in perpetual state of decline since 2010” appeared first on TruePublica.

By Rob Woodward:  It was notable that half of all English councils amounting to 158 local authorities attended an emergency summit yesterday – hosted by Eastbourne borough council and the cross-party District Councils’ Network. During that meeting, a desperate plea was made by council leaders who warned of an impending disaster brought on by a […] The post Council Leaders Warning: Social Safety Net At Risk Of Collapse appeared first on TruePublica.