The election debates need to interrogate politicians about the human cost of their policies
Party manifestos are disconnected from the lives of the people.
Prem Sikka
Why the conspiracy of silence from our political parties when it comes to corporate greed?
Political parties stigmatise people for claiming welfare support but pay no attention of the spiralling cost of corporate welfare which is enriching shareholders and company executives.
The Tories have made the UK more corrupt, unequal and authoritarian
Civil rights and the rule of law have been eroded
The most important fact about the general election? It’s rigged.
‘Most Britons think that the electoral system is fair and clean, but it is rigged in a variety of ways.’
Corporate profiteering is the main source of inflation and people’s never-ending cost-of-living crisis. Here’s why
Corporate profits soar to 30% higher than pre-pandemic levels
Pensioner poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy is a political choice
To avert a major humanitarian and economic crisis, governments need to be bold and commit to aligning the state pension with the living wage
Here’s why rising child poverty is a political choice
A nation’s wealth and greatness is not measured by the number of billionaires but by how well it takes care of its children and weakest members
The government’s plans for unlimited surveillance on benefit claimants’ bank accounts should worry us all
Millions of individuals, landlords, charities, clubs, voluntary organisations and companies will become subject to 24/7 surveillance.
NHS crisis: This is what’s caused it and how we can solve it
The healthcare crisis is a political choice, not an economic necessity
Labour must be bolder and more radical if it wants clamp down on tax dodgers
Without eliminating anomalies and freeing tax policymaking from the tentacles of the avoidance industry, Labour is unlikely to make a significant dent in the leakage of tax revenues.