Prem Sikka: We’re in the latest stage of a right-wing coup that began in the 1970s
‘The right-wing coup is no respecter of democracy. ‘
poverty
Gordon Brown’s superb Twitter thread on the scale of poverty and inequality in the UK
‘The low paid get just £550 in government help, despite facing £1,300 rise in fuel bills not to mention other costs’.
Prem Sikka: This mini-budget will only increase inequality and poverty
The biggest winners are corporations and the rich. As a result, the government’s borrowing will surge from £72.4bn, to £234.1bn, but won’t provide details of the impact on current and future generations.
Why Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget is only for the richest 1% while failing the most in need
There was more in this mini budget for bankers than there was for children living in poverty.
Prof Prem Sikka: Visiting pawnbrokers showed me just how much people are struggling during the cost of living crisis
‘My brief visits to pawnshops are by no means a scientific study, but they do provide a glimpse of the tragedies inflicted by years of maldistribution of income and wealth, poverty, inequalities and obsession of privatisation which has left many teetering on the edge.’
The only chart you’ll need to prove Tory levelling up is a sham
So much for levelling up…
45 million Brits to end up in fuel poverty in January, new study warns
Among the hardest hit groups will be pensioners, with 86.4% of pensioner couples expected to fall into fuel poverty, along with 90.4% of lone parents with two or more children.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, July 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Low income growth leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to cost of living crisis
Real household disposable income growth for working-age families averaged just 0.7 per cent a year in the 15 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
