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Inequality

The 2011 riots ten years on: Four myths and the realities

John Drury
5 August, 2021

‘It’s important to reflect on what happened and how it happened. This is especially so, given the myths that surrounded these events. These are the same myths that surround all waves of riots.’

MPs urge action on “deep-rooted and persistent racial inequalities” in policing

Basit Mahmood
30 July, 2021

‘Our analysis suggests that, on the current rate of progress, we will not have properly representative police forces in England and Wales for another twenty years.’

Boris Johnson

Prof Prem Sikka: Don’t fall for the Tory ‘levelling up’ mantra, they’re still continuing with austerity

Prem Sikka
9 July, 2021

‘The government’s mantra is that it is rebuilding the post-Covid economy by ‘levelling-up’, but it is hard to discern any policy that is reducing inequalities’.

Prof Prem Sikka: The UK’s neoliberal coup has eroded democracy and human rights

Prem Sikka
25 June, 2021

‘The last forty years of neoliberal coup has restructured the UK state so that instead of being a provider of public services it has become a guarantor of corporate profits and enrichment of the few.’

Newspapers in holder

Society of Editors ruthlessly mocked for ‘underwhelming’ donation towards diversity scheme

Basit Mahmood
24 June, 2021

‘The industry body for the UK press previously found itself in the middle of a media storm after claiming no section of UK press was bigoted’.

Prof Prem Sikka: A failure to tackle skills shortages is threatening the post-Covid economic recovery

Prem Sikka
11 June, 2021

The government is hoping to alleviate skills shortages by recruiting individuals from all over the world. A key part of this is the recognition of foreign qualifications.

A photo of a blanket laying on cardboard boxes on a street

Homeless forced out of hotels and left to live in tents and cars to make way for G7, charity says

Basit Mahmood
11 June, 2021

‘DISC Newquay says it has heard first hand from people who have had to leave the hotels to make way for police’

Sarah Owen MP: Cutting aid is a blow to the world’s poorest and a step back from world stage

Sarah Owen
10 June, 2021

‘As a country that wants to stand proud at home and abroad, we have a moral obligation to the world’s poorest.’

Beyond the glitz and glamour of G7: Rising poverty and food bank use in Cornwall

Basit Mahmood
10 June, 2021

‘While the likes of Joe Biden will be treated to vintage wines, it is worth remembering that Cornwall is one of the poorest areas in North West Europe’.

School leaders say government has ‘prioritised purse strings over nation’s children’

Basit Mahmood
3 June, 2021

The government has pledged less than a tenth of the cash that the former schools catch-up tsar had requested.

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