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The market will only ever exploit those in poverty — we need a societal response
Rent-to-own company BrightHouse were recently fined £14m for exploiting customers and repossessing goods.
Being a mother in Tory Britain is an uphill battle. Here’s what would make it better
Parents are among the worst affected by austerity policies, we need to think outside the box to make things better for them.
A major lender to working-class people is on the rocks. Could a collapse trigger the next crash?
The instability at Provident Financial risks driving many into the arms of loan sharks.
London should have an AIDS memorial – and the Assembly just voted to support it
The UK has no national memorial to victims of the epidemic
Blairism is dead and gone – the left should stop talking about it
Even the Tories are walking away from the old economic consensus
Corbyn is not the Labour left’s only hope
The Left has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — we need the best candidate
IDS’s gradual criminalisation of poverty
The government is intent on extending benefit sanctions by stealth
How the Tories are redefining the state’s relationship with its citizens
Social rights are becoming commodities only available to the wealthy
The fundamental accounting error in Osborne’s budget plans
Every household and business knows that borrowing for investment purposes is good