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Opinion

Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people

Prem Sikka
23 November, 2023

‘The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.’

Right-Wing Watch

Why we should be worried about the GB News-funded alt-right conference in London

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 November, 2023

This latest curious meeting of right-wing minds in a sold out inaugural conference at the world’s busiest concert venue, shows how much this form of cultural nationalism, which emphases the preservation of national identity, restrictions on immigration, and a rebuke of climate science, has become mainstream.

Rishi Sunak
Opinion

Here’s how the Tories will continue their war on the less well-off in the King’s speech

Prem Sikka
3 November, 2023

The government will seek to buttress its claims of being a ‘law and order’ party by cracking down on the homeless, hungry and unfortunate

Right-Wing Watch

Beware of the body-snatchers: National Trust faces fresh battle with right-wing insurgents

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 October, 2023

For the third consecutive year, a dark and sinister force is at play, abetted by a cynical right-wing press, attempting to present Europe’s biggest conservation charity as some kind of dangerously radical cake-and-countryside organisation.

Suella Braverman
News

EXCLUSIVE: Over 200 legal experts slam Suella Braverman’s comments on LGBT+ refugees

Chris Jarvis
11 October, 2023

They have called for Braverman to “publicly retract her mischaracterisation of the law”

Children living in poverty
News

89% of school staff say child poverty in their school has increased in the last two academic years, survey finds

Basit Mahmood
19 September, 2023

80% of school staff say providing universal free school meals to all school children would reduce child poverty in their school, according to a survey carried out by the Education Anti-Poverty Coalition.

Voting Ballot Box
Opinion

Scandal fatigue must not inure us to the crumbling state of UK democracy

Tom Brake
15 September, 2023

To renew our politics, power must be wielded by more of the people more of the time. Local communities must exercise greater control over the key decisions.

Right-Wing Watch

The political and economic consequences of Liz Truss

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 September, 2023

12 months after her shambolic premiership commenced, we look at the lasting impact of our shortest-serving PM’s disastrous attempt to remould Britain into a low tax, deregulated economy.

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Opinion

10 ways we could make the tax system more progressive

Prem Sikka
8 September, 2023

We need to improve tax policy to reduce inequalities and increase social investment

Keir Starmer
Opinion

Keir Starmer’s reshuffle moves Labour further away from its core values

Hilary Schan
5 September, 2023

Starmer should be looking to Clement Atlee for inspiration, not Tony Blair

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