Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement is atest
‘Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.’
Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.
‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’
Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change
Since 1989, water companies have been the subject of over 1,100 criminal convictions, but governments are content for them to control the industry.
The hardship inflicted on retirees now will surely visit future retirees unless steps are taken to alleviate misery.
Successive governments have tailored economic and tax policies to impoverish the masses
‘Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.’
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
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