The UK got half a trillion pounds richer last year. Here’s why that’s a disaster.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK's net worth increased by £492bn in ...
Tag: austerity
It’s official. The government is forcing people to choose between eating and paying rent.
On 29 August, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) released a damning report on the effect of the government's decision ...
Austerity, complacency and irresponsible financing. How Northamptonshire County Council has fallen into a state of crisis.
Northamptonshire County Council has fallen into a deep financial crisis. The council has subsequently voted to implement severe cuts to ...
A new book takes Thatcher’s legacy to its terrifying conclusion: ‘Individutopia’
A radical novelist's latest work has taken Margaret Thatcher's legacy and used it to create a hyper-dystopian vision of society; ...
As wages soar for the rich, the UN is coming to investigate poverty in the UK
Wages for the top earners in the UK have hit an average of £3.9m. But as wealth for those at the ...
Jack Monroe expertly takes down a new ‘poverty tourism’ show featuring the daughter of a millionaire Tory peer
Jack Monroe has expertly taken down a new 'poverty tourism' show featuring daughter of millionaire Tory peer Michelle Mone. Monroe ...
A Conservative council is under fire for ‘turning people away’ from its half-empty homeless shelter
An investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) into Northampton Nightshelter has found that the homeless shelter had been ...
The damning links between Tory-led austerity and Brexit
On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU. Since then, Brexit negotiations have been in chaos. And now, a ...
Esther McVey is spending over £200,000 on a study everyone already knows the answer to
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretary Esther McVey has once again proven how out of touch she is. ...
Esther McVey just insulted everyone in austerity-ravaged Britain
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey just insulted millions more people. The damage she's wrought through the Department for Work ...
Cuts to legal aid are causing a crisis in our justice system, say MPs
A new report by the Justice Committee within the House of Commons has shone a spotlight on legal aid. It ...
Here are the cuts Theresa May tried to bury before f***ing off for the summer
Parliament has closed for the summer. But before grabbing their buckets and spades and heading to the beach, the government ...
A GP’s emotional plea shows how Tory austerity is killing homeless people
A doctor has claimed that government austerity is killing homeless people. The homeless death toll has soared in 2018, with ...
Theresa May just revived one of the most toxic Tory policies of all time
Theresa May was crowned Iron Lady II when she secured leadership of the Conservative Party without so much as a ...
Amber Rudd is my MP. Her latest publicity stunt is hilariously embarrassing.
Former home secretary Amber Rudd just made the most cringeworthy political video ever. Please: don't watch it while you're eating. ...
It’s official: DWP cuts are so bad councils just spent record amounts mopping them up
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut some welfare so near to the bone that local authorities had ...
One heartbreaking Twitter thread encapsulates the brutality of Tory Britain
A heartbreaking Twitter thread encapsulates the sheer brutality of austerity Britain under the Conservative government. Desperate James Gleave, a transport ...
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