MPs accepted more than £180,000 in freebies this summer
Including giveaways from oil and gas giants, gambling companies, media and bank firms
Including giveaways from oil and gas giants, gambling companies, media and bank firms
“Can you imagine any other place in which a customer would pay that much money and be treated this badly?”
‘Neoliberals have long persuaded people to believe that the law offers justice and fairness, but they rarely talk about how laws are shaped by wealth and power’
‘We do not have a citizen-led democracy,’ says Professor Prem Sikka
Executives are strongly encouraged to put the interests of their shareholders above those of wider society
Universities will be left with a huge funding gap – and students still won’t be able to pay off their loans
Corporations once lobbied politicians to win approval for their pet policies – now it’s the other way round.
The state is broke, and democratic government ineffective, because big business no longer pays tax.
One Society’s Larissa Hansford argues that businesspeople don’t know the first thing about what is and isn’t “anti-business”.
It was reveled this morning that more than half of Tory funds come from the City – double the proportion it was when David Cameron became leader, reports Shamik Das.