Charity warns of risks of cutting asylum support

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Philo   View this email in your browser A charity has warned that plans to cut support for families denied asylum in the UK will put children at risk of being made hungry or homeless. The proposals could see up to 2,900 families destitute when the £36.95 allowance they receive each week is stopped.The government believes removing financial support to failed asylum seekers will encourage them to leave the country.    Elsewhere, we look at the £150 court costs being imposed on people to encourage them to plead guilty. The new charges mean homeless people could soon be chased for fines they are unlikely to be able to pay.  Latest Articles     MoJ warned of waste as it chases £150 court fines from homeless people     On Aug 05, 2015 10:42 am A new court cost designed to encourage people to plead guilty means homeless people will be chased for £150 fines they will never be able to pay. Read more... »   Asylum support cut 'an assault on children's lives', kids' charity warns     On Aug 05, 2015 09:16 am Plans to cut asylum seeker support for families are an "assault on vulnerable children's lives", a leading children's charity has warned. Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   Cinderella and the BIBA broker   On Aug 04, 2015 09:23 am Cinderella suffers an unfortunate incident. Luckily, she got her insurance through a BIBA broker and everyone lived happily ever after. Read more... » 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... »   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