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Starmer's failure to achieve even the tiniest gesture towards welfare reform in the fiscally incontinent UK is a symptom of a much deeper political malaise, says Dr David McGrogan. The crisis point is fast approaching.
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A two-tier justice row has erupted after an engineer was jailed for half as long?as Lucy Connolly?over a near-identical tweet, while a Labour MP who punched a constituent to the ground was spared jail completely.
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Poland cut illegal immigration from Belarus by 98% after building a 116-mile border wall ? and now Donald Tusk's Government is adding a minefield. Turns out robust clampdown on illegal entry is okay if it's from Russia.
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Almost 100,000 children live in families dependent on Family Income Supplement

category national | economics and finance | press release author Sunday May 10, 2015 21:50author by MC - NERI - Nevin Economic Research Institute Report this post to the editors

The current focus on low pay and precarious work practices has set the scene for the work of the recently formed Low Pay Commission in the Republic of Ireland. One aspect of their work will be to look at the number of individuals trapped in low pay, many of whom are dependent on the social protection system to underpin their ability to make ends meet
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A fascinating insight into the experience of those working but also in need of state support was outlined in an interesting policy briefing entitled ‘Work, Jobs and Unemployment’ published recently by Social Justice Ireland. Table 4 of that document tracks the rise in the number of families, the numbers of children within those families, and the overall cost of Family Income Supplement (FIS) since 2003.

Over that time, the cost of FIS has risen from €45m to €261m per annum with the number of families increasing from 12,300 to just over 44,000. The latest data, for 2013, show that there are almost 100,000 children living in these FIS supported families.

While the recession is bound to account for some of this increase, and hopefully any recovery should begin to reduce it, the scale of the numbers are stark and point to more fundamental issues facing working families around pay, hours, childcare among others. Further food for thought as the low pay debate continues to unfold.

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