George Osbourne accused of gas lighting British public in further attempt to defend austerity
Former chancellor blasted for trying to rewrite history on austerity’s harm
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Question Time audience member perfectly sums up Britain’s wealth inequality
‘We’re talking about people who have billions, you could never spend it in a lifetime’
Question Time audience member eviscerates entire Tory record in two minutes
‘You have cut funding, you’ve cut budgets in schools. We can’t recruit teachers. We can’t recruit teaching assistants.’
Rishi Sunak’s comments accusing striking workers and unions of ‘waging class war’ are shameful and full of hypocrisy
‘The language of ‘class war’ is not helpful, in fact it seeks to portray those who are undertaking strike action, whether it be nurses, rail workers or border officers as ‘enemies of the state’
Thousands sign petition demanding Hunt stops handing billions to the banks
Almost 11,500 people have signed a petition calling on the chancellor and the governor of the Bank of England not to give the banks billions of pounds of public money.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive publications…
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive publications…
Beth Winter MP: The government is trying to force the public into greater poverty
There can be no political stability when a government is attempting to force the public into greater poverty.
5 ways in which Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement failed ordinary workers and the vulnerable
The blame for 12 years of sluggish growth and deteriorating public services lies squarely with the government.
Diane Abbott MP: The government’s economic plans leave me fearing for my constituents
‘The cuts and tax increases that are coming must be opposed’.