Tory cuts
Diane Abbott MP: There’s a long running campaign to privatise the NHS. We must fight back.
'The NHS winter crisis has its roots in government policy.'
Diane Abbott MP: ‘Sunak is another Tory chancellor playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse’
'The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.'
Anger after Kent Tories ‘run a sweepstake on Universal Credit cuts’
“It’s all just a big laugh to them. They have no idea what losing over £20 a week is doing to families in Kent and across England.”
Our cash-starved NHS is being forced to turn to the private sector for investment and capacity
'For the first time ever, more that 50% of an important NHS funded service – hip and knee replacements – are being paid for privately rather than delivered by the NHS.'
Prof Prem Sikka: The government’s obsession with neoliberalism isn’t creating prosperity or happiness
'The government could help households by freezing rents, energy and train fare prices. It could eliminate profiteering by bringing vital industries such as gas, water, electricity and railways into public ownership, but that is not on its agenda.'
Why constitutional reforms ought to be the centrepiece of the next general election campaign
'There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.'