Manchester Friends of the Earth | Fuel Poverty Action press release: Poverty campaigners blast Labour’s ‘cruel’ priorities!

Manchester Friends of the Earth | Fuel Poverty Action press release: Poverty campaigners blast Labour’s ‘cruel’ priorities!

Last week, Rachel Reeves confirmed cuts to support and benefits for the poorest, hitting over a million disabled people to save £5 billion a year. Meanwhile, campaigners argue, the government are doing “absolutely nothing” about the “out-of-control” wealth of the super-rich. They also point to the recent ring-fencing of military budgets, which have been boosted to £67.3 billion a year. “The government has its priorities all wrong. They’re promot…