Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Inequality
Low income growth leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to cost of living crisis
Real household disposable income growth for working-age families averaged just 0.7 per cent a year in the 15 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prem Sikka: Some of the wealthiest Brits are calling for socialist policies
‘They are part of a growing international movement, perhaps a new kind of Cadbury and Quaker capitalism with a social conscience’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 5, June 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
The government’s class war is impoverishing workers
Through wage freezes and cuts, the government is waging class war on workers
Number of children eligible for free school meals rises to nearly 2 million
Data reveals that over the last three years, the number of children eligible for Free School Meals has increased by a shocking 49%.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, June 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Top CEOs pocket £3.6m in pay figures, so where’s the Bank of England’s call for pay restraint?
‘CEOs are pocketing around £3.6 million in pay, while others face the appalling choice of whether they can heat or eat’
Prof Prem Sikka: Britain’s cost of living crisis is mostly manufactured by government policies
The annual rate of inflation has hit 9%. Average wages during the first three months of the year increased by just 4.2%.
The ‘time has come’ for a Universal Basic Income says Andy Burnham
“A universal basic income will put a solid foundation beneath everybody so that they can have a life with security and stop worrying about everything.”