Cameron's shameful response to the Calais crisis

"I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present." - Kofi Annan View this email in your browser You would think seeing images of people who are so desperate for a better life they are willing to risk their lives would lead our government to propose ways to help them. But David Cameron's response is to attempt to create a life so unbearable for them in the UK they will be deterred from coming here at all.  Elsewhere we hear from the charity Generation Rent which campaigns around the issue of private renting. They say higher rents and unstable tenancies have led to a two-tier society of those who own property and those who do not. And staying on the issue of housing, we have the news that homeless protesters who have been camped out in Manchester since April have been denied legal aid in their legal battle with the city council.   Latest Articles     Cameron's asylum policy turns us all into pound shop Gestapos   On Aug 03, 2015 10:58 am The PM's shameful response to the Calais crisis is a mixture of police state authoritarianism and emotional indifference Read more... »       Manchester homelessness camp likely to shut after protestors denied legal aid     On Aug 03, 2015 12:01 pm A homeless protest camp has been banned from Manchester city centre Read more... »       Comment: Soaring rent is creating a two-tier society   On Aug 03, 2015 10:31 am Growing numbers of people are being denied the right to a stable home Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   The Three Little Pigs and the BIBA broker   On Jul 28, 2015 02:05 pm The Two little pigs and son business suffers an unfortunate incident. Luckily, the third little piggy got his insurance through a BIBA broker and everyone lived happily ever after. Read more... » What is the state of customer satisfaction in the UK?   On Jul 15, 2015 01:31 pm The latest measure of customer satisfaction in the UK shows that it remained flat in the first half of 2015. Read more... »   Opinion Formers articles     Trade Union bill is 'an attack on all working people' The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared. Read more... »   The urgent need for the UK to raise its game on number and data skills Can we ever get to a position where people across the UK are proud of their fluency with numbers, and where no-one will say unashamedly that 'I can't do maths'? Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     A decision at last? Davies Commission recommends Heathrow Simon Whalley, RAeS Head of Policy and Public Affairs, considers the implications of the report and what might happen next. Read more... »   Welsh Government wishes to replace 'Religious Education' subject in schools with 'Religion, Philosophy and Ethics' Taking questions in the Senedd, the Welsh Minister for Education and Skills, Huw Lewis, has announced that he wants to see a transformation of the way in which Religious Education is taught in Wales. Read more... »         Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences