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Darren Rodwell, the Labour leader of Barking and Dagenham council, has suggested that families could be evicted from council housing if they do not inform on people who commit knife crime.
Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, has criticised the proposal. He told LBC:
I understand that Darren cares passionately about keeping his community safe, as we all do, but you have to be careful about unintended consequences with the best of intentions leading to big problems.
We don’t want innocent people being made homeless because of the actions of somebody in their home.
Today’s report boosts our growth forecast, praises our action to help parents back to work with a major expansion of free childcare, and recognises our cuts to business taxes which aim to drive investment.
But while inflation is still too high, we must stick relentlessly to our plan to halve it this year. That is the only long-term way to grow the economy and ease the cost of living pressures on families.
The OECD also stressed that women’s skills are not being fully utilised in the labour market, because they disproportionately work part-time due to caring duties.
It urged that the government’s new childcare measure be “implemented swiftly” to improve participation in the national workforce – which offers 30 hours a week of free childcare for working parents of children aged nine to 24 months.
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2023-06-07 04:55:13
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