Being poor is an expensive lifestyle. When you can’t afford things most people take for granted you have to find unusual, costly ways around. So, if you don’t have a washing machine you have to use a Laundromat – this costs about a tenner for one load to be washed and...
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Why the NHS swamps its own A&E
Fancy going to Accident and Emergency with conjunctivitis. I mean, what kind of feckless, ignorant type would do that? That was the sort of attitude I felt from the handful of medical staff I encountered there early on Saturday morning. It wasn't even bad...
Desperately seeking… a human solution from a universal credit robot
It was nine o'clock in the morning on the second day of Universal Credit running in my borough. After some confusion at the main desk I was directed to the room now designated as Universal Credit area. It was surreal: fresh paint, brand-coloured balloons, everyone...
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This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
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