Public Services
These Tory ‘free port’ plans are just another handout to corporations and tax dodgers
As the new Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured) prepares to roll out up to ten new so-called 'free ports', Prof Prem Sikka breaks apart the arguments behind them.
The Labour Party and the NHS are in crisis. But they can save each other
For Labour to win the next election, their new leader needs a formidable NHS campaigning strategy from day one. Here’s how they do it.
This latest Tory housing wheeze is likely to be as doomed as the last one
The homeless are being forgotten as the Tories seek to ‘level up’ housing.
Northern rail nationalised: Now let’s take over the rest of Britain’s failing privatised system
As ministers nationalise the abysmal Northern rail franchise, Amelia Womack looks at the dire state of Britain's privatised rail services.
Tories deny knowledge of poverty caused by Universal Credit delays
Freedom of Information response claims department has no analysis of payment delays, despite a 2019 admission by the then secretary of state.
NHS waiting time targets to be scrapped, says Matt Hancock
Currently, the NHS aims to see patients attending A&E within four hours - a target which was set in 2004.