Austerity (still) won’t balance the books
Austerity not only drives the growing inequality in our society, it drives the divisiveness that demonises the migrant, the welfare claimant or the public sector worker.
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Austerity economics don’t add up and Scotland’s public services are living through a lost decade
The political energy released during the referendum campaign is focused on inequality during Scotland’s Challenge Poverty Week.
The average person is being priced out of bettering themselves and gaining an education
Do we want to live in a society that can’t afford to offer its citizens culture, free and readily available?
Bundesbank calls for higher wages across Eurozone
The call follows a raft of recent reports highlighting inequality as a threat to the global economy.
Striking council workers and other public sector employees have a point – enough is enough
Local government has borne the brunt of the coalition’s ‘austerity’ measures.
The brutal impact of austerity on Scotland’s public services
Scotland’s budget is being slashed by more than £6 billion in real terms.
The real reasons the media didn’t cover Saturday’s anti-cuts march
Many have accused the BBC of ‘bias’ for failing to cover Saturday’s anti-austerity march which took place in Central London. So are they right?
Coalition deficit reduction has made UK tax base more regressive
The coalition’s deficit reduction plan has increased the overall tax burden on the poor, says new study.
Coalition ‘in denial’ about food bank use, according to new report
The coalition needs to “own up to the role it’s playing” in the growth of food banks, a new report says.
Why the gap between rich and poor has narrowed. And why it won’t last
The narrowing of inequality is almost certainly a temporary blip.