Report: Generation Precariat: What’s It Like to Feel Robbed of Your Future?
Sophie K Rosa
‘Gen Z’ are set to be among the worst impacted by the cost of living crisis. Novara Media spoke to young people across the UK about what they’re up against.
Tag: cost of living
Opinion: How Long Can Faith in ‘Market Solutions’ Survive?
Aaron Bastani
Britain is facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began, and neither Labour nor the Tories know what to do about it, argues Aaron Bastani. The question is: how long can faith in ‘market solutions’ continue?
Opinion: Russia’s War Will Make the Cost of Living Crisis Even Worse
James Meadway
Our living standards are already falling. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead them to plummet. James Meadway explains.
Opinion: Here’s an Easy Fix for the Cost of Living Crisis: Cut Bosses’ Profits
James Meadway
The cost of living crisis is political, writes James Meadway. Just look at France's response compared to Britain's.
Opinion: ‘Decolonisation’ Was Never All Culture War
Kojo Koram
It’s often claimed that the ‘decolonisation’ debate is just about starting a pointless culture war, and has little to do with real world concerns. This isn’t true, argues Kojo Koram - just look at the roots of the energy crisis.
Opinion: How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!
James Meadway
With inflation in the UK hitting a ten-year high, a significant squeeze on living standards lies ahead, writes James Meadway. The most obvious way to stop this is to pay workers more.
Protesters in Chile Aren’t Angry About 30 Pesos. They’re Angry About 30 Years of Neoliberalism
Barbara Fernández Melleda
Ongoing protests in Chile have been reported around the world, but the international media has failed to really analyse why Chileans are so angry. In the second of two articles, Dr Barbara Fernández Melleda explains what protesters mean when they use the slogan 'it's not 30 pesos, it's 30 years'.
Rebranding Poverty: Why a living wage isn’t enough
Chris Fisher
George Osborne seemingly outmanoeuvred the mainstream left when his last budget championed a ‘national living wage’ to be introduced next year - yet it won't extend to all workers, and erosions to welfare mean you won't be able to live on it.
The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain
Lewis Bassett
We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?
4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)
AltGen
Youth unemployment is sky-rocketing and Cameron is seeking to take away benefits from young people. Against this trend of declining living standards, students in the US are organising debt strikes and in the UK youth-led workers' co-operatives are multiplying.
Don’t Spend It All At Once! 7 Things ‘Wage Increases’ Can’t Hide
Eleanor Penny
As George Osborne heralds the arrival of new figures which put average earnings above inflation for the first time in four years, we cut through the smoke, mirrors and bell ringing to show how misdirection can't mitigate the ongoing cost of living crisis.