Will the perpetrators in the Post Office scandal be held to account?
We need a government with a will to break the iron-grip of corporations and elites on institutions of government.
Prem Sikka
The UK needs to break with neoliberalism to deliver economic growth
‘Political parties incessantly talk about low economic growth but none are willing to address the major issues’
The Post Office Scandal shows how the UK is a hotbed of corruption and cronyism
The root cause of the scandal is corporate power and its ability to hound and silence people into submission.
Britain is in the grip of a new form of feudalism
‘Feudalism never completely disappeared from the UK. It simply put on new garbs.’
Here’s how the government is doing everything it can to attack workers and trade unions
‘It is all one-way traffic, designed to boost corporate profits, weaken worker rights and penalise trade unions’
The government has stolen the right to strike from millions of workers
The conscription of workers is an abuse of state power and the government is openly pursuing anti-worker policies.
Prem Sikka: How the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the government’s latest erosion of hard-won rights
‘The Bill only targets the less well-off. There is no equivalent surveillance of legislators who accept payments to advance the interests of their corporate paymasters.’
Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people
‘The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.’
What the Autumn Statement should deliver, and what Jeremy Hunt will do instead
“Overall, the government is unlikely to charter a new course for the economy or provide relief for millions of households though with an eye on next year’s general election it may throw a crumb or two to bribe the electorate.”
The King’s Speech was a recipe for repression and economic vandalism
“The policies outlined in the King’s Speech deepen repression and social divisions, and do not provide a springboard for economic rejuvenation.”