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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, July 2021
The news you didn't see this week...
Prof Prem Sikka: Don’t fall for the Tory ‘levelling up’ mantra, they’re still continuing with austerity
'The government’s mantra is that it is rebuilding the post-Covid economy by ‘levelling-up’, but it is hard to discern any policy that is reducing inequalities'.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, July 2021
The news you didn't see this week...
Prof Prem Sikka: The UK’s neoliberal coup has eroded democracy and human rights
'The last forty years of neoliberal coup has restructured the UK state so that instead of being a provider of public services it has become a guarantor of corporate profits and enrichment of the few.'
Charities warn of a ‘wave of homelessness in coming months’ after eviction ban ends
400,000 renting households have either been served an eviction notice or have been told they will be evicted, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
A new report reveals a groundswell of support for increased benefits payments
A survey of 1,647 respondents in the UK found that more than half adults wanted higher benefits for disabled people, carers and lone parents.