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Prem Sikka

A photo of the House of Commons
Opinion

MP’s second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.

Prem Sikka
10 January, 2025

‘Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.’

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Opinion

How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites

Prem Sikka
3 January, 2025

The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.

Keir Starmer
Opinion

Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister

Prem Sikka
20 December, 2024

The government’s honeymoon has been short lived.

Canary Wharf
Opinion

The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry

Prem Sikka
9 December, 2024

Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.

Opinion

Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK?

Prem Sikka
29 November, 2024

Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.

Canary Wharf
Opinion

Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash

Prem Sikka
22 November, 2024

Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.

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Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords

Prem Sikka
15 November, 2024

The UK and Lesotho are the only two countries to have an entirely unelected parliamentary chamber.

Water coming out of a tap
Opinion

The privatised water industry shows how the British economy is rife with predatory practices

Prem Sikka
8 November, 2024

‘With the full approval of the state, too many industries are dominated by organisations of dubious practices, if not downright criminal activities.’

Rachel reeves
Opinion

The budget has missed an opportunity to create a fairer tax system, reduce inequalities and boost people’s purchasing power

Prem Sikka
31 October, 2024

The government will need to abandon Tory economic policies, redistribute income and wealth, eradicate poverty, strengthen worker rights, and take essential services in public ownership.

Rachel Reeves speaking at Labour Party Conference
Opinion

The Chancellor must use the budget to abandon neoliberal policies

Prem Sikka
25 October, 2024

Chancellors come and go but the crisis has deepened because they have all become slaves to neoliberal dogmas

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