The People's Assembly is pleased to announce an exciting addition to our programme of events as part of our weekend protesting the Tory Party Conference on 1 & 2 October in Birmingham. We will be hosting a special advance screening of Ken Loach's latest award winning film, 'I, Daniel Blake.' The Screening is exclusively available to attendees of The People's Conference on Saturday 1 October.
The weekend of action includes:
The People's Conference - Our Alternative to Austerity
Saturday 1 October, 10:30am, Birmingham Town Hall, B3 3DQ
Special Advance Screening, 'I, Daniel Blake' (with introduction from Ken Loach)
Saturday 1 October, 7:00pm, Cineworld Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1DA
NOTE: Spaces for the screening are limited, please book early. This screening is available exclusively to attendees of the People's Conference
Book tickets from http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/peoplesconference
Special thanks to Ken Loach and his team for the opportunity to show this important film in advance of its official release.
Check out the Guardian review of the film at https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/12/i-daniel-blake-ken-loachs-welfare-state-polemic-is-blunt-dignified-and-brutally-moving
Self-help support vs ravages of 'welfare reform'. Never attend anywhere official alone!
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Conservative Party woes for welfare claimants — including those working for tax dodging companies that pay too little
Article from Z2K website. Above title by Swheatie of the KUWG
Conservatives pledge further Welfare Cuts
The
Conservative party conference has produced a rash of announcements
committing the party to further welfare cuts should they win next year’s
general election. These include lowering the Benefit Cap to £23,000pa,
freezing benefits for two years, barring 18 – 21 year olds from
receiving housing benefit and limiting the same age group to claiming
Job Seekers Allowance for only 6 months. Taken together this package of
measured could have a devastating impact on the lives of low income
individuals and families.The rhetoric espoused to justify this policy is, as always, focused around ‘fairness’ for hard working tax paying families. But this belies the fact that the benefits freeze, because it includes tax credits and housing benefit, would hit twice as many working families and workless. George Osborne says that it’s unfair that benefits should rise faster than wages but if action was taken to push up poverty wages then millions of low income working household would no longer need to rely on benefits.
The other side of the poverty trap equation is rents. The 1% cap on LHA rate rises, alongside a host of other changes, has made private sector accommodation in London and the south east increasingly unaffordable to housing benefit claimants. A complete freeze for two years would have a catastrophic effect and significantly reduce the number of properties available to benefit claimants.
Continue reading on Z2K website....
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