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Prem Sikka

Jeremy Hunt

Why the budget fails ordinary people and benefits the rich

Prem Sikka
16 March, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

Instead of addressing the real problems faced by people, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget has delivered the usual cocktail of austerity, low wages, higher taxes for the masses, and tax cuts for corporations and the rich.

Canary wharf

The growth of the finance industry is strangling the UK economy

Prem Sikka
10 February, 2023

‘In pursuit of the high returns in the shortest possible time, the finance industry has moved into the high street.’

strikes

Here’s why the government’s anti-strike legislation will fail

Prem Sikka
3 February, 2023

‘In fast-tracking the Bill, the beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is resuscitating the ghost of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’

Nurses strike

Anti-strike bill: The UK government is obsessed with suppression of workers

Prem Sikka
27 January, 2023

The anti-strike bill is part of a wider pattern of anti-democratic and anti-worker legislation

A photo of Rishi Sunak leaving Downing Street

Tory plans for levelling up are a sham, here’s why

Prem Sikka
20 January, 2023

‘The Levelling Up Bill is hugely disappointing. It is big on hype and allusions but with no real policies or resources’

Jeremy Hunt on the phone with an advisor on a sofa next to him

The Tories are laying foundations for the next financial crash

Prem Sikka
13 January, 2023

The Financial Services and Markets Bill does nothing to check corrupt practices

Sunak PMQS

The government has declared war on workers

Prem Sikka
6 January, 2023

The full might of the state is being used to discipline and cheapen labour

Parliament

A group of neo-liberal elites have captured the British state

Prem Sikka
23 December, 2022

Taming the elites is a necessary condition for transformation of the British economy, but no political party is willing to shackle the power of the elites.

An image showing bank notes and pound coins

Our country’s laws are being used to benefit big business and the rich

Prem Sikka
16 December, 2022

‘Neoliberals have long persuaded people to believe that the law offers justice and fairness, but they rarely talk about how laws are shaped by wealth and power’

The mass closures of bank branches is having a devastating impact on communities

Prem Sikka
9 December, 2022

‘The closure of bank branches increases commercial decline of villages and town centres’

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