Suburb where Shameless was filmed is now home to Manchester Camerata, which is intent on serving the communityOn paper, it may seem like an odd pairing: the Manchester Camerata, one of Europe’s most renowned orchestras, and Gorton, the tough Manchester…
The Guardian view on Starmer’s Labour: time to take on the Tories | Editorial
The Labour leader must know his party faces existential implications if it suffers a historic fifth election defeatBritons usually eat more than 10m turkeys during the festive season. If the country were to run short of the yuletide bird then that may …
Cop26: Women must be heard on climate, say rights groups
Those worst hit by global heating are left out of talks, says feminist coalition calling for systemic changeWomen must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global climate c…
Why do children in Britain always bear the brunt of Tory cuts? | Polly Toynbee
With such a cold and unfeeling government, it’s little wonder our birthrate is fallingThis is no country for babies. It’s no surprise the birthrate keeps falling when would-be parents face impossible obstacles. As in the 1930s, it happens in hard times…
The £20 benefit cut is the most morally indefensible thing I’ve seen in politics | Gordon Brown
Seventy-five years after the British welfare state was born, our poorest people are about to be cast aside by the government’s universal credit cutGordon Brown is the WHO ambassador for global health financing, and was UK prime minister from 2007 to 20…
Gordon Brown: universal credit cut ‘vindictive and indefensible’
Ex-PM writes in Guardian that with prices of basics set to ‘rocket’, £20 a week cut is illogical and callousBrown: ‘£20 cut is most morally indefensible thing I’ve seen in politics’Gordon Brown has called the government’s decision to cut £20 a week fro…
The universal credit cut is outrageous, but this callousness is nothing new | Frances Ryan
From the bedroom tax to ESA reductions, a gulf between those who make policy and those affected by it has brought a decade of miseryNext month, universal credit will be cut back by £20 to its pre-pandemic level. A policy that will – by the admission of…
Marcus Rashford to be included in GCSE media studies course
Pupils will learn about footballer’s use of social media to highlight social and race issues he cares aboutMarcus Rashford’s much-lauded use of social media to pursue his campaign against child food poverty and persuade the UK government to expand fr…
Ministers have no clear plan to tackle child poverty, say cross-party MPs
Committee calls for robust cross-departmental anti-poverty strategy to tackle growing problemMinisters have no clear plans to tackle rising child poverty, while a lack of focus and leadership has hindered efforts to reduce the numbers of youngpeople li…
Child poverty now costs Britain £38bn a year, says new independent report
Despite Conservative claims to have reduced childhood deprivation, the burden on taxpayers has soared over the past eight yearsThe cost of child poverty has soared over the past eight years under the Conservatives and has now reached £38bn a year, acco…