REVEALED: The Tories’ deal with private hospitals amounts to a government bailout
“Shareholders, landlords, and lenders stand to gain substantially from this deal – which effectively bails them out in the midst of a global recession.”
Public Services
Is this why the response to coronavirus changed?
Could the change in tactics against the coronavirus be based on the needs of the market?
What the coronavirus crisis says about Britain’s military obsession
Governments have prioritised military spending over preparing for pandemics – and we’re all paying the price.
The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the impact of public health austerity
Public health funding has been cut by £1 billion since 2014.
Austerity has left the UK more vulnerable to the Coronavirus pandemic
Cuts to the NHS, Social Care and public health have left a system unable to cope with this level of threat.
Any UK/US trade deal must put jobs and rights first
Unions on both sides of the Atlantic agree that workers rights and jobs must be the priority.
Behind the budget: Are we about to witness a bonfire of social protections?
The Tories sneaked a deregulation plan into this week’s budget…
One in five nurseries and pre-schools lost a quarter of their employees to job pressures in 2019
Workers such as teachers suffering from years of government cuts are continuing to leave the industry.
The fight to save the BBC from Tory ideologues is on
Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings is believed to be behind hostile briefings against the Beeb. But defenders of public service broadcasting are getting organised.
Budget 2020: The government must turn Britain’s divided economy around. Here’s how
Next Wednesday’s budget is an opportunity for the government to bring the country back from the brink, writes Prof Prem Sikka