That's nice, but come back and talk to me again about a healthy economy when all the food banks have given up and gone home because no-one needs them any more.
There is more to a healthy economy than GDP growth.
How to further reduce civil rights while putting even more pressure on the justice system and not actually fix the underlying problem - that a lot of people are too poor to afford food.
TotalEnergies tried to silence Greenpeace France by intimidating them with court action, requiring the deletion of a report into TotalEnergies' 2019 greenhouse gas emissions.
TotalEnergies claimed their emissions were 455 million tonnes of CO2e. The Greenpeace report estimated actual CO2e emissions of 1,635,648,000 tonnes.
The Paris Judicial Court dismissed the summons, giving Greenpeace France a significant victory for freedom of speech, allowing them to question the extent of the climate impact caused by companies like TotalEnergies.
During 2022-23, 12 million people were in absolute poverty – equivalent to 18% of the UK population, including 3.6 million children – levels of hardship last seen in 2011-12 after the financial crash.
#ClimateDiary “The UK spends less on low-carbon energy policy than any other major European economy, analysis has shown, despite evidence that such spending could lower household bills and increase economic growth more than the tax cuts the government has planned.”
Don’t forget we have the worst insulation in Euope = most room for improvement. But no.
The crisis of state #enforcedpoverty (prev. the #costoflivingcrisis) has a very clear #health & #nutrition element... a new report suggests around 15% of UK households are experiencing period of hunger... which is having health effects (being picked up by the #NHS).
And yet, #JeremyHunt is 'considering' further #austerity including #benefits cuts.... it now longer seems extreme or exaggerated to see #Tory politics of the last decade as an extended #classwar!
"The government-appointed role pays £530 per day for three days of work per month"
I'm sure she's got some great insight into life on low pay and her climate denial won't affect any decisions to redress the issues with energy profiteering.
The energy market in the #UK is broken and has been since it was privatised.
Companies have shareholders who have first call on profits in the form of dividends. They also have top level managers/directors who are on huge salaries and often also get bonuses in the form of shares.
Meanwhile people at the bottom of the income scale struggle to pay their bills and heat their homes. #FuelPoverty#CostOfLivingCrisis#Energy#GTTO
The CAB's new research on #energypoverty suggests around 5M households are currently behind with the energy bills, with more & more of their clients struggling to pay energy bills (even when they take on additional #debt) to do so.
A growing number of households who come to the CAB for advice are unable to match their income to their necessary outgoings.
see previous post on the CfC report on income shortfall under the [#Tories]
I think Eva Wiseman (Observer) is right, the term (and # here) #costoflivingcrisis has lost much of its meaning through our continual (if understandable) use... so can I suggest we might move to one of these alternatives:
Children’s Laureates, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, call for national investment in early years reading amid #CostOfLivingCrisis as part of BookTrust campaign
"Children from poorer backgrounds are deprived of a life that is rich in #reading"
'As the cost of living crisis continues and the cold weather sets in, several London councils and organisations are opening warm banks to help people through the winter months'
Perhaps you know someone who could use this information.