
Tag: austerity


Opinion: Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
Andrew Fisher

Analysis: Neoliberalism is Dead – and Something Even Worse is Taking Its Place
James Meadway

Opinion: Police Brutality in Bristol Has Shocked the Country. Why Won’t the City’s Labour Politicians Condemn It?
Anna Lart Greene

Opinion: The Tories’ Levelling Up Agenda is Just Thatcherism for Towns
Joe Duffy

Downstream: Maybe Don’t Defund the BBC? Interview With Nish Kumar

Downstream: Why Has Britain Failed on Covid? Richard Horton
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic, with Britain enduring more than a 100,000 deaths since, a number of major questions remain unanswered. Why was the response of the UK among the worst in the world? How is it possible that the death toll of countries in Europe and North America […]

The Bastani Factor: “This Is the Worst Interview I’ve Ever Seen With a Politician”
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the worst interview by a politician Aaron Bastani has ever seen. What does it say when after 100,000 people have died a leading politician can get away with such a performance?

Opinion: Queer People Have Had to Rely on Each Other This Year, and Christmas Is No Exception
Harry Gay

Analysis: Only the Left Can Save Brazil From Bolsonaro in 2021
Benjamin Fogel

Opinion: The Collapse of the Arcadia Group Spells the End of Britain’s High Street – When Will Politicians Act?
Aaron Bastani

The Bastani Factor: The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing

Opinion: The Tories Could Feed Poor Children – They Just Don’t Want To
Francis Brewer

Report: ‘They Lose Out on Being Kids’: The Activists Campaigning to End School Exclusions
Francesca Newton

Analysis: Austerity Might Be Over, But Everything is Still Terrible
James Meadway
In the wake of Covid-19, governments worldwide are spending at levels unprecedented outside of wartime. But ending austerity on the Tories’ terms will not herald a new era of public munificence in the UK, argues James Meadway.

Report: Labour Is Hemorrhaging Leftwing Activists. Will It Survive?
Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Coronavirus Has Had a Devastating Impact on Mental Health, but It Didn’t Have to Be This Way
Harriet Williamson
