Need Not Greed

The Campaign

To remove the need for cash-in-hand work by creating a modern, flexible welfare system.  We ask government to help formalise work to help people move out of poverty; breaking the cycle of worklessness within communities.

Latest News

• 29
  May New DWP evidence on how to tackle benefit fraud
  
• 15
  May DWP: Understanding the behaviour and motivations behind customer fraud the recent expenses scandal
  
• 12
  May Informal economy mentioned in the Low Pay Commissions Report on the Minimum Wage
  
• 07
  May Mention in the Lords Welfare Reform debate
  
• 24
  Apr Mention in the The Times article: Informal Economy a force in its own right
  
• 21
  Apr Recession driving workers into underground economy
  
• 20
  Apr The Eurofound uses Community Links’ approach to undeclared work in the UK
  
• 20
  Apr Read our policy recommendations here for the Welfare Reform Debate
  
• 08
  Apr Oxfam releases new report ‘Close to Home, UK poverty and the economic downturn’
  
• 16
  Mar Community Links children hand in End Child Poverty petitions
  

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Five things you can do to get involved:

• Share Your Story
• Write To Your MP
• Attend or start up a NNG discussion group
• Campaign In Your Local Area
• Sign Our Petition