Over half of those in poverty are now from working households – work isn’t paying in Tory Britain
Stagnating wages and Tory austerity have forced millions of working families into poverty.
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This Tory privatisation in the prison service is putting workers, the public and ex-offenders at risk
Staff from new private providers will not be vetted before starting work in probation hostels – the Tories are gambling with public safety.
The Tories’ childcare policies are in total disarray
In some parts of the UK, childcare now costs nearly £10,000 a year – with lower-income families among the hardest hit.
Corporations rely on a healthy functioning society but think they shouldn’t have to pay for it
And acting on this neo-liberal view, the Tory government are all too happy to cut their taxes.
We may see more Carillion-style collapses and it’s because of this outdated financial model
Like companies the world over, Carillion used Black-Scholes to value securities – a highly risky piece of maths vulnerable to market crashes.
The leaked Brexit impact papers make the case for a second referendum stronger than ever
The official analysis shows Britain will be worse off under every Brexit outcome. Now the public know the facts, it would be fair to give them another vote.
Tory grassroots confidence in May hits new low as PM faces backbench and donor despair
The PM is lacks support at every level on the party. How much longer can this zombie government stagger on for?
Watch out: Labour just forced the Tories to reveal these potentially explosive outsourcing papers
These risk assessments could be the next major embarrassment for the government.
A ‘Minister for Loneliness’ won’t fix our broken society
Tory policies have fragmented society and left us all feeling isolated. Creating a ‘Minister for Loneliness’ now is too little too late
Trying to rebrand as green, the Tories are taking credit for EU policies they tried to block
The history of our EU membership is a story of governments claiming credit for EU achievements on the one hand, and blaming Brussels for their own failings on the other.