UK Poverty - news tag:www.oxfam.org.uk,2009:/applications/blogs/ukppnews/97 2009-02-24T10:00:19Z Movable Type 3.33 Need not Greed campaign launches in Parliament tag:www.oxfam.org.uk,2009:/applications/blogs/ukppnews//97.3070 2009-02-24T09:53:13Z 2009-02-24T10:00:19Z The Need not Greed campaign launches today in Parliament. The campaign, which Oxfam supports, calls on government to help rather than stigmatise people trapped in cash-in-hand work. Community Links, which convened the campaign, have produced a series of videos of... UK poverty team admin Need not Greed campaign launches today in Parliament. The campaign, which Oxfam supports, calls on government to help rather than stigmatise people trapped in cash-in-hand work. Community Links, which convened the campaign, have produced a series of videos of people talking about their experiences of working cash-in-hand. ]]> Our new blog - the UK Poverty Post tag:www.oxfam.org.uk,2009:/applications/blogs/ukppnews//97.3052 2009-02-16T16:36:34Z 2009-02-16T16:43:11Z We've recently launched our new blog on UK poverty issues. We're hoping it will become the online space for debate and discussion on poverty in the UK. So far, we've had posts on benefit levels, attitudes to poverty, and Sally... UK poverty team admin new blog on UK poverty issues. We're hoping it will become the online space for debate and discussion on poverty in the UK. So far, we've had posts on benefit levels, attitudes to poverty, and Sally - a single mother of four - talking about her struggle to find a job. Over the next few months the range and number of authors will significantly increase. If you'd like to be one of them, please get in touch. ]]> Climate change and UK poverty tag:www.oxfam.org.uk,2009:/applications/blogs/ukppnews//97.2986 2009-01-16T09:24:58Z 2009-01-16T09:35:30Z Climate change is going to make life even harder for poor people in the UK, but we can tackle climate change and poverty together. This is the message from a new report - tackling climate change, reducing poverty - released... UK poverty team admin tackling climate change, reducing poverty - released a few days ago, by a new coalition of organisations led by Oxfam and nef (the new economics foundation). It makes the argument that we cannot choose between tackling poverty and tackling climate change - the two are closely interlinked. ]]>