Prof Prem Sikka: Here’s what the government needs to do to tackle the energy bill crisis
‘Governments which have handed £895bn of quantitative easing to speculators can also create money to help hard pressed households’.
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Prof Prem Sikka: Income and wealth need to be redistributed and public services rejuvenated
‘The neoliberal economic policies have increased social tensions but have failed to energise the economy. They have impoverished people and turned town centres into economic deserts.’
Half of UK families are £110 worse off a year since the 2019 General Election
300,000 more families are living in poverty now than in 2019, highlighting once more how Tory claims of ‘levelling up’ are just rhetoric.
Food banks have become the norm. But poverty should never be normal.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
Schools at risk of staff exodus over low pay, UNISON warns
As thousands of UK schools take part in today’s ‘Stars in our Schools’ in celebration of support staff, a report shows the intense financial struggle of school employees on low pay.
‘Frankly a disgrace’: Food bank use remains “well above pre-pandemic level”
Dependence on food banks is still “well above” what it was before the pandemic, with emergency parcels feeding children on the rise, says Britain’s leading food bank charity.
Our recovery from the pandemic must tackle the poverty and inequalities laid bare by Covid
‘Plaid Cymru has consistently called on the Welsh Government to take action on the scandalous levels of child poverty in Wales – the highest level of all the UK nations’
Rocketing inflation to exacerbate cost of living crisis, unions warn
As inflation hits a ten-year high, millions of families are at risk of plunging deeper into poverty this winter, unions have cautioned.
Prof Prem Sikka: Government is handing billions to speculators but squeezing pensioners and the poor
‘Compare the inhuman treatment of pensioners and other vulnerable groups with welfare programme operated for the benefit of finance industry and speculators.’
Prof Prem Sikka: The Chancellor’s budget is a continuation of the government’s class wars
‘At a time of fragile economic recovery the government is squeezing household budgets, workers and pensioners. There is no sign of levelling-up.’