The left must resist calls for ‘shock therapy’ austerity – before it’s too late
We have to fight for a new social settlement after this crisis, writes Claudia Webbe MP.
Social Justice
This government is ignoring the lessons of history in its post-Brexit trade talks
They’re peddling a myth of ‘free trade’.
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?
EXCLUSIVE: Companies accused of using coronavirus crisis as an ‘excuse’ to sack staff
Not all companies are making full use of the furlough scheme – and workers are losing out as a result.
These socialist governments put the UK’s coronavirus response to shame
Are left-wing governments better at handling the Covid-19 crisis?
Unsung heroes: Meet the anti-hunger activists building ‘social solidarity’ amid a pandemic
“We have people ringing up who have just one tin of baked beans. It’s ridiculous.”
MPs and Peers demand government introduce ’emergency’ Universal Basic Income
Westminster party leaders demand a ‘Recovery UBI’ to support the millions who ‘slip through the cracks’ of the government’s income support schemes.
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.
REVEALED: People go hungry as major gaps in the Tories’ food schemes appear
Brits on the breadline: Catherine West MP lays bare the worrying flaws in the government’s coronavirus response.
Housing associations should freeze their rents now – or face tenant strikes
In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, social landlords are hiking rents. The government needs to act swiftly.