From Netmums: Breadline Britain: "I would, be grateful on what you actually think about the state of the UK at the moment, with all the changes to the benefit system, child poverty and child abuse including neglect in the home also that of domestic abuse (sorry if that offends anybody). plus the claims that parents cannot afford to send their children to school with a breakfast in their bellies not just those on benefits but those parents on a working wage. 
I am a single mum of three girls. living on benefits, I can afford to pay my bills each month, buy clothes for my children and buy adequate fitting shoes. My girls have three meals a day as do I.
 Do you think, that It is all down to being able to budget your money with either that of benefits or a working wage or that the cost of living is just to high in Britain today." Lisa T 

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I rather think that it is Toby Young's riposte to social policy 'experts' in the Telegraph that Paul Ashton is inviting us to read. As he says: 



And a magnificent response to it in their second favourite newspaper: http://tinyurl.com/cd777zn 



Could really liven up a tutorial, and just the thing to forward to family and friends. I had hoped someone might respond but am intrigued that it can come out so very quickly. Helps to get the message out beyond the Guardian anyway - and surprised by some of the responses. 


I will be interested to see what coverage the Breadline Britain report and the programme based on it last night gets. The report is at http://www.poverty.ac.uk / That certainly deserves and needs as much dissemination as possible. 


Best wishes, yours, Adrian 




On 29 Mar 2013, at 09:12, Kirstein Rummery wrote: 




I think this may be the link Paul is referring to 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/27/benefit-cuts-poverty-stopped-experts 

Kirstein 





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Michael, Thank you for your equally magnificent response! 

Paul 

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Paul, you said there was a "magnificent response". You appear to have posted an incorrect link. Regards, Michael 




Michael Orton 
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And a magnificent response to it in their second favourite newspaper: http://tinyurl.com/cd777zn "For those of you who tweet/facebook/ use social media, it would be wonderful if you could spread this as far as you can." 

Paul Ashton 

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Some of you may have seen a letter in today’s Guardian from over 50 social policy professors highlighting the dangers of welfare cuts. Thanks to Alan and Carol Walker for organising this. For those of you who tweet/facebook/ use social media, it would be wonderful if you could spread this as far as you can. It may make not a blind bit of difference, but we all felt strongly that it needed to be * said *, and that social policy as a discipline should be providing the evidence to back it up. 



Thanks, and a happy Easter to everyone 



http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/27/benefit-cuts-undermine-civilised-society 



Kirstein 





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