The Spring Statement Was a Scam
Today, Rishi Sunak had a chance to tackle the cost of living crisis. Instead, he has left the average family around £1,000 worse off than last year – the biggest fall in living standards since records began.
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Tax the Oil Giants
While energy bills skyrocket by £700 for the average household, oil giants are making billions of pounds in profits. The solution is clear: tax the corporate profiteers and cut bills for the rest of us.
73. The War on the Poor w/ Alfie Stirling
This week, Grace and Alfie Stirling, Chief Economist of the New Economics Foundation, look ahead to the Chancellor's spring statement – which looks set to contain very few of the measures needed to tackle the cost of living crisis.
5 Ways the Tories Could Tackle the Cost of Living TODAY
Today, billionaire Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tell us he 'understands' the plight of millions facing a cost of living crisis. If he truly wanted, he could avert the coming wave of poverty and hardship – here's how.
Tory Tax Hikes Are Part of an Economic War on Workers
In the middle of a cost of living crisis, the Tory government has made Britain the only major economy to hike taxes on workers. The reason is simple – they are determined to protect the profits of the rich.
The Nationality and Borders Bill Exposes Tory Hypocrisy on Refugees
In recent weeks, the Tories have been pretending to support refugees – but their Nationality and Borders Bill, which is being voted on tonight, is the harshest crackdown on migrant rights in decades.
How the Tories Built Food Bank Britain
In 2010, 60,000 food bank packages were handed out in Britain. Last year, it was 2.5 million. This is the result of political choices – and the cost of living crisis will see millions more fall into food poverty.
Pensioner Poverty Is a Political Choice
As the cost of living crisis bites, millions of elderly people in Britain are fighting to get by on the lowest state pension in the industrialised world. It's a situation the Chancellor could change this week, if he wanted to.
Auden’s Radical Humanism
In the decades of fascism and war, W. H. Auden’s poetry attacked a depraved elite who brought the world to the brink of catastrophe. Today, his words and warnings have lost none of their original power.
The Tory War on Public Transport
Record fuel prices have left millions struggling to pay for travel. Public transport can be the alternative – but only if years of Tory privatisation and underfunding are reversed.
Dublin’s Socialist Theatre Troupe
In the 1930s, Dublin's socialist New Theatre Group set out to build a workers’ theatre – one that could bring the struggles against fascism, poverty and war to life.
The Barts Health Victory Is a Blow to the Outsourcing Agenda
This month, workers who were outsourced to Serco won a spectacular victory ensuring 1,800 staff would be brought in-house on NHS contracts – a blow to the outsourcing agenda across the economy.