Wes Streeting on class, trans rights and binge drinking
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The Dehumanizing Experience of a Young Mum in a Job Center
My parents were young and they were poor. My mum was in and out of casual low paid jobs throughout my childhood. She didn't have a job at all and was relying often on the benefit systems. I'm afraid to say, looking at some of my casework today as a constituency MP, there are still job centers that treat people like the scum at the bottom of their shoe. And it's why we should never forget that public services are there to serve the public and to treat people with respect when they encounter them.
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