On poor people having less access to the internet my source is the Child Poverty Action Group’s digital divide evidence here

http://www.cpag.org.uk/info/Povertyarticles/Poverty108/utilities.htm#digi

I know it is an old report but all that I pick up campaigning is that this is still an issue. I agree with you that age is a significant factor. thank you for your kind comments.

However their budget spent more on councillors allowances, hiring conference centres and glossy PR than school meals and rebates to pensioners.

Barry Edwards
Labour Councillor for Holloway ward

School meals in Islington are not under threat (I was until very recently a school governor in the borough). There is a proposal to increase the council tax to pay for universal free school meals, including for children of some of the very wealthy families who now use Islington’s better performing primary schools.

I do not believe it is right to increase council tax on poorer people with or without children to give the richest children a free lunch. My particular concern is that if the proposed tax increase does not cover the full cost of the school meals, then other parts of the education budget will be cut.

I also think your assumption that poorer people do not have email is patronising. It is true that many pensioners do not, but as they do not have school age children, you seem to object to them having a view. I work with job seekers many of whom have access to email. Email and social networking use is very common among young Londoners of all backgrounds. And of course the poorest households already get free school meals.

Several of my clients and their families are terrified of any of their bills going up. A tax rise to fund free meals for their richer neighbours, or for my well-fed son, is quite wrong.

Keep up the otherwise good work, but please take a more balanced position on this issue. I would like to be able to vote for you again!

Pensions

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10p.

Acer2007
Moral achievements…
http://www.gofourth.co.uk/put_away_your_white_flag_matthew

I note you still choose to not account for the Liberal Democrats racist campaigning in Redbridge.

You seem to have a bit of a gripe against the lib dems, maybe its because your ideologically defunct and your jealous of a party that actually stands by its morals.