This is part of the second of two special reports. ITV Granada Correspondent Daniel Hewitt investigates the rise of in-work poverty in the North West of England. You can watch the first report here.
The Conservatives have, on more than one occasion, tried to pass off evidence regarding the negative impacts of their policies as ‘anecdotal’ or as politically ‘biased’.
Conservative MP David Morris has attempted to deny the accounts of rickets and children going hungry because of poverty, saying claims are from schools ‘with links to leftwing group Momentum.’
Of course this approach also entails attempting to discredit dedicated public servants and constituents who dare to criticise government policies that are causing harm.
A report by ITV earlier this week showed teachers at more than one school explaining that they had to wash their pupils’ uniforms because their families couldn’t afford to pay the electricity bills. The report was very…
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