Watch a Newsnight guest school an ex-Tory minister on how to fix our broken economy
Economics can be a boring subject. But during BBC Newsnight on 11 February, economics commentator Grace Blakeley made it accessible and ...
Tag: austerity
‘End of austerity’ promise already broken as Tories botch their own budget
Remember when Philip Hammond stood up in front of the nation and claimed that the “era of austerity is finally coming ...
The DWP’s latest savage move could leave more people starving
New evidence has emerged to show that the DWP has enacted yet another savage move. A job centre in East ...
One man has moving words for the Tory councillor who wants to ‘tear down’ his tent
One man has shared a moving response about Universal Credit to the Tory councillor who wanted to "tear down" tents ...
As this Tory MP goes on a poverty tour, it’s clear she still doesn’t get it
The cautionary tales of Hilaire Belloc speak of a young lord who failed at politics because he was “far too freely ...
A Tory councillor is defending her call to ‘tear down’ homeless people’s tents. It really isn’t going well.
On 24 January, a Tory councillor said she wanted to "tear down" tents belonging to homeless people on the streets ...
It’s official: the DWP is set to cut disability benefits again
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to cut people's disability benefits again. The move, not reported by ...
The BBC ignored an anti-Tory protest live on air
Despite being metres away from it, the BBC managed to ignore an anti-austerity, anti-Tory protest. But viewers of the BBC ...
The people saying ‘no one wants an election’ have overlooked a few million things
Some people have claimed that no one wants a general election. The problem is that many people do, as replies ...
Here’s how Trump is destroying people’s lives with the longest government shutdown in US history
The government shutdown in the US is now the longest-running in the country’s history. And the political dynamics taking place ...
With all eyes on Brexit, today shines light on a world built for men
On 15 January, MPs finally get a chance to vote for Theresa May's Brexit deal. Although the result seems certain, ...
People’s Assembly Against Austerity – General Election Now
A report from The People's Assembly Against Austerity, Britain is Broken - General Election Now!, protest in London on Saturday 12 January 2019.
Needing a minister for hunger is a ‘scandal’ that should shame every Tory
On 10 January, a Commons select committee report condemned the Conservative government's failure to "recognise and respond to the issues of ...
Flying in the face of high street trends, independent bookshops are now on the rise
While several major retailers have collapsed or are struggling, the Booksellers Association (BA) has revealed independent bookshops are fighting back. ...
CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged EP8
THIS PODCAST CONTAINS LANGUAGE WHICH SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE Welcome to Topple Uncaged! Every week, The Canary will be bringing you a ...
Two years on, Ken Loach’s masterpiece is more poignant than ever
On Saturday 5 January, Ken Loach's award-winning film I, Daniel Blake will broadcast on BBC Two at 9.45pm. First screened in cinemas ...
Sajid Javid just got owned by Britain’s biggest foodbank
Home secretary Sajid Javid just got owned by Britain's largest foodbank. This came as he faced criticism over comments about ...
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