Siobhan Tolland: Labour didn’t just abstain on a vote, it turned a blind eye to state persecution of the poor

22/07/2015CommonWeal Writer and academic Siobhan Tolland says Tory policies towards the poor are a form of state persecution MONDAY night saw the Westminster Parliament vote in favour of cutting more benefits from the already poor and vulnerable. The budget itself was not so unexpected and comes on the back of five years of austerity and […]