Britain is one of the most unequal countries in the OECD. The richest 10 percent of households hold 43 percent of all the country’s wealth, while the poorest half own just 9 percent.
To appease corporations, people may raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests, cover countryside in tarmac and shower subsidies upon them, but they have no loyalty to any place, people or product.
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
“It’s a damning reminder of the deep inequalities women in the North continue to face in health, in work, and in opportunity.”
‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’
The #TaxTheSuperRich movement said it would take 15million workers on a global average income an entire year to collectively earn the same amount of cash.
‘Neglecting England’s buses has had serious environmental, social and economic consequences’
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
The government will need to abandon Tory economic policies, redistribute income and wealth, eradicate poverty, strengthen worker rights, and take essential services in public ownership.
With economists and analysts still digesting Labour’s first budget in 14 years, one thing is becoming increasingly clear, those on lower incomes stand to benefit the most while the wealthiest households will pay the most. Chancellor Rachel Reeves set outtest
