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Inequality

money

UK’s poorest households are £40 a month worse off a month, as richest gain similar sum

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 January, 2023 (1 week ago)

Research unveils how inflation is hitting those on the lowest incomes the hardest.

money

A damning chart showing how far public sector wages have lagged behind the private sector

Basit Mahmood
12 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

ONS data shows that private sector pay grew 6.9% between August and October 2022 while public sector pay grew 2.7%

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

A roundup of news on the left…

Sunak PMQS

The government has declared war on workers

Prem Sikka
6 January, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

The full might of the state is being used to discipline and cheapen labour

Parliament

A group of neo-liberal elites have captured the British state

Prem Sikka
23 December, 2022

Taming the elites is a necessary condition for transformation of the British economy, but no political party is willing to shackle the power of the elites.

Rishi Sunak’s comments accusing striking workers and unions of ‘waging class war’ are shameful and full of hypocrisy

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

‘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’

Gordon Brown

Here’s what the next Labour government must do to tackle regional inequality

Mike Buckley
13 December, 2022

‘For regional inequality to come to an end a Labour Government will need to go further, by for example guaranteeing greater funding to poorer regions’

Apprenticeships are failing to reach disadvantaged youngsters, research finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 December, 2022

Tory apprenticeships are more elitist than degrees and are being snapped up by the middle classes, a new report claims.

Daily mail

Daily Mail roasted for making ‘private school fees the biggest issue of the day’ during cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
29 November, 2022

The paper seems to have forgotten that Tory MP Michael Gove, also supported removing the charitable status of private schools.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
29 November, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive publications…

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