Arise, Sir Food Bank
Knighting Iain Duncan Smith – the man responsible for Universal Credit, the bedroom tax and ‘fit for work’ tests – shows just how much contempt the establishment has for ordinary people.
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Frances Ryan is a journalist, broadcaster and campaigner. She is the author of 'Crippled,' (Verso, 2019) and was highly commended Specialist Journalist of the Year for her work on disability. She writes the Guardian column 'Hardworking Britain.'
Knighting Iain Duncan Smith – the man responsible for Universal Credit, the bedroom tax and ‘fit for work’ tests – shows just how much contempt the establishment has for ordinary people.
This election is an opportunity to stop the steady brutality of a welfare system that has left so many people in destitution.
One million disabled people in Britain live without the social care they need. That means a population the size of Birmingham unable to live an independent life every single day.