Tag: austerity

Mhairi Black has demolished the government over reforms to state pensions. The SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South was on fire as she ...

In a surprise move, the government has unveiled plans to save money and tackle air pollution at the same time. ...

One of Britain's youngest councillors is taking on Theresa May's government over poverty pay. And it's his peers he's fighting ...

One of the government's key policies has come under attack from the body that scrutinises public spending. A new report  from ...

Government pledges to help those who are 'just about managing' (JAMs) have been revealed as nonsense following the release of figures ...

In a surprising outbreak of honesty, Chancellor Philip Hammond has admitted the economy is way up sh*t creek. Things are ...

On 23 November, Chancellor Philip Hammond presented the government’s Autumn Statement to the country. But swathes of the public were not ...

Six years of austerity and spending cuts in health services have disproportionately affected LGBT people. That's the conclusion of a recent ...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his Autumn Statement. It included a gaping black-hole in the budget, a "plan" for affordable ...

More than a thousand teaching assistants are on strike from 23 to 24 November in the latest skirmish of a long-running ...

As Chancellor Philip Hammond prepares to deliver his Autumn Statement, Green MP Caroline Lucas has a plan which would save ...

Theresa May styles herself as a 'feminist', and swathes of the media seem happy to go along with that portrayal. Yet she ...

Labour’s John McDonnell went head-to-head with Conservative Chancellor Phillip Hammond on The Andrew Marr Show. Broadcast on 20 November, the ...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s cuts and reorganisation of the NHS are destroying lives. While some of the impacts of  austerity ...

Theresa May came under fire at Prime Minister’s Questions on 16 November for her lack of Brexit planning, as the ...

Students and teachers are fighting back against the Conservative government's attacks on education in the best way possible. They are ...

The Conservative government has won a vote that will prevent billions of pounds' worth of welfare cuts from being reversed. ...