How the Tories have allowed millions to plunge into destitution
Poverty and destitution are not the outcome of some invisible hand of fate, but the that of government policies and unresponsive economic and political institutions.
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Radical roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 9th December 2020
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Radical roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 2nd December 2020
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Prof Prem Sikka: Sunak’s spending review is austerity-light
For the economy to recover, we need more government investment.
6 major problems with the Chancellor’s Spending Review
After a year devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and with 36 days until the Brexit transition period ends, a lot was expected from Sunak’s speech
Billions in investment are needed to restart the economy – but the Chancellor is planning austerity
As the Chancellor prepares for a public pay freeze, the IPPR calls for an ambitious investment in UK economy and welfare state.
Radical roundup: 10 stories that got buried (18th Nov 2020)
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.
Over half of UK’s renters can’t make monthly payments without government assistance
Millions are worried about having enough to pay their rent over the winter
With just 3p a week more, asylum seekers still go hungry
Asylum seekers are given just £5.66 a day and banned from working.
Radical roundup: 10 stories that got buried (4th Nov 2020)
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.