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Banks
Opinion

The government’s plans for unlimited surveillance on benefit claimants’ bank accounts should worry us all

Prem Sikka
26 April, 2024

Millions of individuals, landlords, charities, clubs, voluntary organisations and companies will become subject to 24/7 surveillance.

A demonstration led by a banner reading 'Save our NHS'
Opinion

NHS crisis: This is what’s caused it and how we can solve it

Prem Sikka
19 April, 2024

The healthcare crisis is a political choice, not an economic necessity

migrants
News

Refugee Council urges government to extend move-on period to 56 days, as refugee homelessness soars

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 April, 2024

‘We know what the solutions to the refugee homelessness crisis are – it’s high time political leaders started implementing them.’

Gordon Brown
News

MUST WATCH: Gordon Brown perfectly sums up why the two-child benefit cap is unfair

Basit Mahmood
28 March, 2024

Ending the two-child benefit cap would lift 250,000 children out of poverty, and lessen the effects of poverty on a further 850,000, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.

Children living in poverty
News

Shocking chart reveals how much of a disaster Tory levelling up has been for the poorest children

Basit Mahmood
22 March, 2024

It comes as the government’s own data yesterday revealed that the number of children living in poverty across the UK has hit a record high

Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves reading papers
Opinion

The Labour Party must not follow Tory economic policies

Prem Sikka
22 March, 2024

Labour is counting on the unpopularity of the Conservative Party to catapult it into power but in the absence of specific policies and failure to improve quality of life, electoral goodwill will quickly evaporate.

Jeremy Hunt
Opinion

Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget fails Britain

Prem Sikka
7 March, 2024

The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.

money
News

Damning report warns UK on course for second ‘lost decade’ ahead of Budget

Hannah Davenport
5 March, 2024

Tories devastating record set to continue unless Budget delivers ‘desperately needed measures’ to recover living standards

News

New ONS figures show Tories ‘legacy of ill health’, says union body

Hannah Davenport
13 February, 2024

Labour market stats reveal historically high levels of people off work due to long-term sickness

News

Homelessness charity issues chilling warning over council funding cuts

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 February, 2024

A vital charity that helps vulnerable people has become vulnerable itself.

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