How Healthcare Went From State Responsibility to Workplace ‘Perk’
Moya Lothian-McLean
The Tories have taken us back to the 1900s.
Tag: welfare
We Cap Fuel Prices. Why Not Food?
Ella Thorold
It’s time to break the supermarkets' chokehold on our food systems.
Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD
Jay Watts
Smile, you’re on universal credit.
The Capitalist War Being Waged on Disabled People
Ellen Clifford speaks to Michael Walker about her book “The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of Human Catastrophe”, including an explanation of the Social Model of Disability, the history of the Disabled People’s Movement, and the disastrous consequences of austerity policies.
The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing
Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
Undocumented Migrants Must Be Given Access to Healthcare and Welfare
Benjamin Morgan
Welfare ‘Dependency’ and the Crisis of Work
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the raft of incoming welfare reforms and their relationship to the political economy of austerity and any supposed ‘recovery’.