Jacob Rees-Mogg roasted for claiming scrapping inheritance tax will ‘drive Britain into next century’
“It’s a bad tax for rich people yes Jacob.”
Inequality
Natalie Bennett: Schools, prison, welfare: they’re still Victorian in style
Social innovation is possible. It is happening in a fast-changing, multi-challenge world of environmental and social crisis. Just not in the UK.
EXCLUSIVE: Voters say Conservative Party is only interested in representing the well off, poll finds
The findings come at a time when inequality continues to rise in the country.
Even a right-wing think tank fears Britain is slipping back to Victorian levels of inequality under the Tories
‘The most disadvantaged in Britain are no better off than 15 years ago’
We must make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty
Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.
Shocking chart shames Britain on child poverty record
he report compiled by UNICEF compared relative income poverty rates, which means the proportion of people who fall below a threshold relative to the income of the average person in the population.
3 facts which show just how awful the Tory record on the economy is
Here are three facts which show just how bad the Tories have been for the economy, resulting in hardship for households across the country.
Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people
‘The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.’
Households to be £1,900 poorer, analysis of Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement finds
“This Parliament is on track to be the first in which real household disposable incomes actually fall”
‘Government has turned its back on working people’: Trade unions react to King’s speech
“gimmicks, division, and more of the same.”