poverty
Prof Prem Sikka: Don’t fall for the Tory ‘levelling up’ mantra, they’re still continuing with austerity
'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'.
The Left should recognise there’s no such thing as ‘The Economy’
The Labour Party has oscillated between trying to “out-Tory the Tories” on the economy and radical economic policies “for the many not the few", says Steve Melia.
Prof Prem Sikka: The UK’s neoliberal coup has eroded democracy and human rights
'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.'
Homeless forced out of hotels and left to live in tents and cars to make way for G7, charity says
'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
'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
'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'.