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Inequality

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.

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

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…

Eton

Why the Labour Party is absolutely right to want to remove the charitable status of private schools

Basit Mahmood
28 November, 2022

Eton received £3.3 million of rental income from its real estate portfolio and £5.8 million from selling commercial property. Charity?

Rishi sunak

Dawn Butler MP: Why Rishi Sunak is not the answer people so desperately need

Dawn Butler
25 November, 2022

Rishi Sunak, as a young student joyfully exclaiming that he has no working-class friends. What is wrong with the working class? 

Rishi Sunak at the House of Commons despatch box at PMQs

Beth Winter MP: The government is trying to force the public into greater poverty

Beth Winter
18 November, 2022

There can be no political stability when a government is attempting to force the public into greater poverty.

Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt’s budget failed to address our economic woes, a new direction is needed

Prem Sikka
18 November, 2022

The Chancellor’s promised deregulatory cull of consumer, worker and environmental protections will make matters far worse

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