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.
‘In pursuit of the high returns in the shortest possible time, the finance industry has moved into the high street.’
‘In fast-tracking the Bill, the beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is resuscitating the ghost of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’
The anti-strike bill is part of a wider pattern of anti-democratic and anti-worker legislation
‘The Levelling Up Bill is hugely disappointing. It is big on hype and allusions but with no real policies or resources’
The Financial Services and Markets Bill does nothing to check corrupt practices
The full might of the state is being used to discipline and cheapen labour
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.
‘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 closure of bank branches increases commercial decline of villages and town centres’
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