Donald Hirsch
Articles by Donald Hirsch
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UK Politics
How much is enough?
- 02 July 2008
- 3 comments
What do we mean by poverty in the UK in 2008? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation brought together groups of ordinary Brits to discuss what a minimum income should be
Politics
The big benefit cheat
- 10 April 2008
- 5 comments
Billions of pounds flow into the Exchequer by stealth but it is not the middle classes who are losing out, it is those with the lowest incomes.
Politics
It's still about child poverty
- 13 March 2008
- 3 comments
For ten years, Labour has been shifting resources to the least well off. Why are the poor still with us?
UK Politics
The swansong has a sting
- 26 March 2007
To the end, the Chancellor retained his appetite for taking from the rich to pay the poor. But was he as generous as he seemed?
Politics
Oh so different
- 04 December 2006
- 2 comments
Gordon Brown whispers to Labour's core supporters that he is determined to redistribute wealth. But does he have the courage to take on wealthier voters? Will the forthcoming pre-Budget report finally show the true instincts of the prime-minister-to-be?
Politics
Why we are failing our children
- 10 July 2006
Despite tax credits and other measures, the government is further away than ever from meeting its child poverty targets. Real change will come only when society realises the damage being done
