Jeremy Hunt slammed for tax giveaway to the richest 1% while ordinary people struggle
‘Not a dickie bird on public sector pay.’
Inequality
Why the budget fails ordinary people and benefits the rich
Instead of addressing the real problems faced by people, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget has delivered the usual cocktail of austerity, low wages, higher taxes for the masses, and tax cuts for corporations and the rich.
Millionaire Rishi Sunak ‘pays to upgrade electricity grid to heat his private pool’
Multi-millionaire Sunak, has had to pay to upgrade his electricity grid because his private swimming pool uses so much energy.
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UK’s poorest households are £40 a month worse off a month, as richest gain similar sum
Research unveils how inflation is hitting those on the lowest incomes the hardest.
A damning chart showing how far public sector wages have lagged behind the private sector
ONS data shows that private sector pay grew 6.9% between August and October 2022 while public sector pay grew 2.7%
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The government has declared war on workers
The full might of the state is being used to discipline and cheapen labour
A group of neo-liberal elites have captured the British state
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
‘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’