Britain has had one of the biggest increases in energy prices of all the advanced industrialised countries. This is not an accident – it has been government policy all along […]
Anyone who cares about falling living standards, rising poverty, the trashing of public services and this authoritarian government’s role in promoting racism and sexism should join the protests outside the […]
Millions of people in this country are struggling to pay for basic food bills. At the same time, they are being blamed for the cause of their own misery – […]
Proposed Tory welfare reforms are yet another attack on disabled people: explains Linda Burnip of Disabled People Against cuts (DPAC). The story so far For many years, the UK social […]
When is an essential worker not an essential worker? According to this government and the media that supports it, when they ask for their real take home pay not to […]
Why people support the strikers 2022 saw railway and postal workers, dockers, bus drivers and London Underground staff, teachers and university lecturers, council workers, environment and highways agency staff, nurses, […]
This is the third article in the cost of living series by Economist Michael Burke for The People’s Assembly Rishi Sunak is billed as the ‘safe pair of hands’ in […]
This is the second article in the cost of living series by Economist Michael Burke for The People’s Assembly There are huge cuts to public spending in the pipeline. Even […]
This is the first article in the cost of living series by Economist Michael Burke for The People’s Assembly Some time later this month the Chancellor is set to announce […]
By Michael Burke There are two incredibly stark facts from today’s Spring Statement. The first is that living standards will fall by the largest amount on record over the next […]