Christmas is a time for joy, family, presents, mince pies and maybe having one too many glasses of bubbly. It’s the time of year we stress about for months on end; we save our money up to buy the best presents, so we can have the best dinner and the […]
homeless
In our town, as I grew up, I was never aware of anyone sleeping rough. Then, still living in the same town in the 60s and 70s we, the mums and dads, and the youth, and the authorities and small businesses on our main street all knew David. In […]
This is Bill, he is homeless in Gloucester… we know nothing else about him, apart from the fact he may well become a criminal Gloucester City Council will introduce a scheme to criminalise the increasing number of homeless people on the streets of the city. It is backed by traders […]
The Government will fork out more than £1.6bn over next three years to private contractors who decide whether people are well enough to work or not… And now it is revealed that the Government is spending more assessing people than it saves in reductions to the benefits bill. The National Audit […]