Act now to stop poverty in the UK

A report by independent financial experts says UK government policies are increasing poverty - as predicted by PCS.

 

The figures, published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, strengthen the union’s commitment to campaign for an alternative economic policy to cuts – and in defence of the welfare state.

The institute predicts “a large decline” in incomes pushing 600,000 more children below the official poverty line.

The drop in money going into middle-income homes will be the biggest since the 1970s.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “This report backs up our belief that the government’s ideologically driven cuts will hit ordinary people – especially those with children.

It strengthens our commitment to fight every pay freeze and every job cut to keep PCS members and their families out of the poverty trap.

There is an alternative – collect the billions of pounds tax that is evaded and avoided and plug the loop holes around tax havens.

And use the money to invest in socially useful building projects like housing and environmental improvements.

The welfare system should be reformed to make sure it keeps people out of poverty – not to bully them back to work.”