How to rebuild our political and economic system after this crisis
Tax-dodgers and the rich have pulled the strings for too long. We have a chance to rethink our priorities after Covid.
Prem Sikka
Covid crash: How the government can avoid an economic catastrophe
The UK government is yet to publish its plan for easing the coronavirus lockdown and restarting the economy. What might it look like?
Prem Sikka: The Tories must not reward tax-dodgers with ‘no strings attached’ bailouts
Government bailouts must not enrich tax dodgers, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Prem Sikka: The state pension is in the firing line
Think tanks are coming after the already-low state pension. All of us should resist the attacks.
How the Tories’ coronavirus relief package is ripe for abuse
Without changes, the business support scheme will enrich some already seriously rich people and deplete the public purse, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Prem Sikka: We must not return to the folly of right-wing economics after the coronavirus pandemic
Neoliberals will soon forget their hour of need and will want a return to the past. People must organise to obstruct that return.
Prem Sikka: Asking banks to distribute money to businesses is like asking Dracula to distribute blood
Banks have a history of abusing small businesses.
Let’s look at the fine print of the Chancellor’s self-employment package
The support package for self-employed people is riddled with holes, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Who the government’s coronavirus economic measures leave behind
These are some of the holes in the government policy. The government needs to act swiftly to the low-paid, self-employed and homeless and also needs rules to prevent abuses.
Prem Sikka: 8 measures the government must take to save the economy from coronavirus
The government has not done enough.