{"id":13281,"date":"2017-09-12T11:59:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=13281"},"modified":"2017-09-12T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T11:01:04","slug":"the-cuts-that-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=13281","title":{"rendered":"The cuts that kill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is a great deal that can and should be said about child poverty, the misery, and the hopelessness it causes.<\/p>\n

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Growth in child poverty is the consequence of many of this governments actions \u00e2\u20ac\u201cfrom the increase in zero hours contracts and insecure work to austerity and the cut in real wages that continue to be the worst in recorded history.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bI have personal reasons for speaking on this motion and am doing so on behalf of a close friend and fellow activist,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Bob Collins, Unite delegate.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bLynne Baird should have been here today as a Unite delegate and wanted to speak herself on this motion but she is arranging the funeral of her son, Dan,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

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In early July Dan was out in a Birmingham pub and found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dan and his friend were stabbed, and Dan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s injuries proved fatal.<\/p>\n

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This waste of life could have been prevented on many counts.<\/p>\n

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There used to be 50 licence inspectors in the West Midlands but because of cuts made by the Tories that number is now zero \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which allowed this pub to go unchecked for far too long.<\/p>\n

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There have been huge cuts to the West Midlands police force too. Unfortunately Dan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s killer is still at large.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bI know this motion is about child poverty and I have spoken about other things such as austerity and the low wage economy but I believe they are all linked,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Collins.<\/p>\n

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Child poverty disfigures our society and the hopelessness it causes contributes to the events like the one that took young Dan.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThat is why it is important that we as a movement support all campaigns against child poverty and do everything within our power to get rid of this nasty evil government,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

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Lynne now campaigns against knife crime with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Dan Baird stop knife crime\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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