{"id":249198,"date":"2023-12-20T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=249198"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:39:27","slug":"destitution-now","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/destitution-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Destitution Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk\/library\/two-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report from the Centre for Social Justice<\/a>, the most disadvantaged people in the UK are no better off than they were fifteen years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Work is so badly paid and insecure that, for many, benefits offer a less miserly income, and this is not because welfare is extremely generous. Rather, \u2018real average weekly pay growth in the UK has remained stagnant since the 2008 financial crisis\u2019. Two-fifths of the most deprived have a mental health condition, and family breakdown and poor housing also feature prominently.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid pandemic and lockdown no doubt contributed to this, but the real underlying cause is capitalism, and the inequality and poverty that it implies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-249198","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/249198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}