Austerity May Be Over, but the Tories Still Aren’t Spending Enough
James Meadway
The average household is set to be £13,000 worse off by the middle of the decade.
Tag: Economy
What’s in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?
Rishi Sunak’s budget may have come with some big spending pledges, but it’s nowhere near enough to undo a decade of austerity.
The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Is Beyond Disappointing
James Meadway
Without the money, it's just empty promises.
John McDonnell’s Message to Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak will this week deliver a budget and spending review that will shape how Britain rebuilds following Covid-19. We speak to former shadow chancellor John McDonnell about what he thinks should be in it.
Yes, China’s Debt Bubble Might Burst – But the Government Has Far Bigger Problems
James Meadway
Turns out spectacular growth comes at a spectacular price.
We’re Burnt Out – and Unless We Demand a New Normal, We Will Be Forever
Sophie K Rosa
We must imagine worlds that don’t wear us or our planet down.
What’s in Rishi Sunak’s Budget?
Does Rishi Sunak’s budget speech show the Tories have finally dumped Osbornomics to instead channel John McDonnell?
The Rapid Development of Covid Vaccines Shows How Healthcare Will Completely Change. But Who Will Benefit?
Aaron Bastani
After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation and Utopia
What if the automation theorists are wrong? How might we build utopia without them? Aaron Benanav joins James Butler to gaze into the future.
Sunak’s Spending Review
With a public sector pay freeze and cuts to foreign aid, has Rishi Sunak’s spending review shown him to be a typical Tory class warrior? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.
Is the UK High Street Dead?
What does the hollowing out of the high street do to the psyche of a town? And has the expansion of higher education obscured the precipitous decline of retail and other industries? Aaron Bastani heads to Portsmouth and Bournemouth to better understand the collapse of Britain’s town centres.
Coronavirus: Is This the End of Free Market Capitalism?
While it has already led to more than one million deaths, the consequences of Covid-19 go beyond just public health with 2020 experiencing the sharpest economic downturn in history. Of course much of that was intentional, with demobilisation seen as necessary to control the virus, but what are the longer term economic impacts? Will some […]
Sunak’s Screeching U-Turn
Rishi Sunak has annnounced an extension to the furlough and, once again, the realities of covid have forced the government into another screeching U-turn. Do the Tories still lack a strategy for dealing with the virus? Plus: Trump’s bizarre twitter vids and Number 10’s new spokesperson. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial and James Meadway.
The Worst Recession on Record. The Highest Death Toll in Europe. Make No Mistake – the Government Led Us Here
James Meadway
In the Era of Coronavirus Is the High Street Facing Collapse?
They employ millions, and form the heartbeat of the economy, but are jobs on high streets – in retail and hospitality – now facing wipeout?
The Real Reason Lockdown is Ending? Our Broken Economic System Has No Alternative
Aaron Bastani
Rishi Sunak’s Meal Deal
Rishi Sunak claims his mini-budget will save your job and save the high street, but is a bonus for employers and a half-price meal voucher enough to save Britain from a virus-induced depression? With Michael Walker, Faiza Shaheen and Owen Jones.
