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Prem Sikka

Drax power station
Opinion

Corporate vs human welfare: The story of Drax

Prem Sikka
27 June, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

There is no means-testing for corporate welfare payments.

Water coming out of a tap
Opinion

Nationalisation is the only way to fix the crisis in the water industry

Prem Sikka
6 June, 2025

Despite the damning evidence the government is clinging on to private ownership of water, which has fleeced customers for 36 years.

Parliament
Opinion

Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power

Prem Sikka
23 May, 2025

Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.

Opinion

A new bill will lead to mass state surveillance for the most vulnerable. We must act.

Prem Sikka
16 May, 2025

This bill grants the government powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving specified benefits

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With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership

Prem Sikka
4 April, 2025

The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken

A photo of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivering the government's Spring Statement
Opinion

Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity

Prem Sikka
28 March, 2025

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

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions

Prem Sikka
21 March, 2025

‘Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
Opinion

UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price

Prem Sikka
14 March, 2025

Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope

Prem Sikka
7 March, 2025

‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’

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Opinion

How governments distract from social injustice by creating moral panics

Prem Sikka
21 February, 2025

Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change

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