For Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, the proposals are indefensible – and the concessions are just a political face-saving exercise. “It’s not about the needs of disabled people,” she told Big Issue. “It’s about [solving] a political problem and making a cash saving… if that was the case, they’d stop it, start afresh,
Criminals are preying on low-income families who are struggling to put food on the table, and the numbers highlight the problem. In Worcester, 245 households had a total of more than $100,000 stolen from electronic cards issued by the government that are used to buy groceries, according to state figures from Jan. 1 through March
Health experts say the universal healthcare policy, aka the 30-baht gold card scheme, is unlikely to provide adequate security to every citizen, suggesting the scheme be reformed for financial sustainability in the future. The populist policy, initiated by the Pheu Thai Party over two decades ago, aims to provide equality in medical treatment for Thais,