43% of children in Tower Hamlets are living in poverty according to Trust for London. 7.7% of the working population are unemployed in the borough. Whether to claim universal credit or not would be a big question for a lot of people.   In order to raise public awareness of universal credit in the local community, Universal Credit Action Network (UCAN), have organised a public meeting. You can hear from local campaigners and advice charities on the impact of welfare reform on the local community. If you are free on 18th  December at 6pm, pop over at Brady Centre, Whitechapel. Refreshment provided!

Please see this email as notification of the next branch meeting for Unite Community Enfield, which be taking place on: Monday 21st January at   6:30pm  in Meeting Room 1, Vincent House, 2E Nags Head Road, Ponders  End, Enfield, EN3 7FN. Please make sure to arrive  at    6:15pm , so that we may start the meeting promptly  at 6:30pm .  We will be joined by Ripon Ray, author of the  community money matters blog, who will be leading our political discussion with a presentation about  How To Survive On Universal Credit .