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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (1 week ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (1 week ago)

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Boris, the super rich and pay inequality

Jenny Jones
19 November, 2013

Boris is using this position as Mayor to help the elite reshape London – regrettable consequences.

Coal and climate summit: A besieged industry lashes out

Christine Ottery
19 November, 2013

Christine Ottery of Greenpeace reports from the World Coal summit, which coincides with the second week of UN climate negotiations in Warsaw.

City of London held back by problems with EU climate policy

Will Straw
19 November, 2013

The City of London’s status as the world’s capital of carbon trading and finance is being undermined by Conservative MEPs.

The debate rages on Scotland’s finances

Ed Jacobs
19 November, 2013

The SNP government will today argue that independence would ‘transform’ Scotland’s economy.

The British ‘anti-war’ movement’s hypocrisy over Syria

Noor Barotchi
18 November, 2013

Through their (in)direct support of Assad, the Stop the War Coalition blindly ignore Russia’s own imperialistic goals in the region and prove themselves anything but anti-war.

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18 November, 2013

Look Left, our daily political round up, will be going out shortly.

The UK can learn a lot from Norway on childcare

Jill Rutter
18 November, 2013

Compared with other countries, in the UK there are complicated and inefficient mechanisms for the public funding of childcare.

Sorry Boris, but the poor carry the greatest tax burden

James Bloodworth
18 November, 2013

The least well off households pay 36.6 per cent of their income in tax compared to 35.5 per cent paid by the wealthiest.

Pay of FTSE 100 bosses grows 20 times faster than average worker

James Bloodworth
18 November, 2013

The pay of FTSE 100 directors grew by 14 per cent in the last year – 20 times faster than that of the average worker.

Increasing the personal tax allowance: anything but progressive

James Bloodworth
18 November, 2013

Millions of the poorest households gain nothing from increases in the personal tax allowance.

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