UK poverty report: 1.8 million children are growing up in deep poverty
There are 500,000 more children living in significant poverty in 2019/20 compared to 2011/12
Inequality
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
From crisis to catastrophe: Why the cost of living crisis will soon overshadow the pandemic
‘The biggest sticking point for Wales is that we do not control all the economic levers’
Keir Starmer offers ‘contract with British people’ based on ‘security, prosperity and respect’
Starmer said it was not unpatriotic to point out the country’s flaws
Prof Prem Sikka: The Tory government has used the cover of Brexit for its never-ending class wars
‘Promises can enrol people but many can’t easily be delivered.’
Prof Prem Sikka: Income and wealth need to be redistributed and public services rejuvenated
‘The neoliberal economic policies have increased social tensions but have failed to energise the economy. They have impoverished people and turned town centres into economic deserts.’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, December 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Half of UK families are £110 worse off a year since the 2019 General Election
300,000 more families are living in poverty now than in 2019, highlighting once more how Tory claims of ‘levelling up’ are just rhetoric.
Food banks have become the norm. But poverty should never be normal.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
Prof Prem Sikka: Why the privatisation of the UK energy market has been a disaster
‘One of the aims of privatisation was to separate production and retailing of energy but that is not how it turned out.’
