
Tag: government


Explainers: What Is the Deficit?
Paul Mason – former economics editor for BBC Newsnight and Channel 4, outlines the difference between debt and deficit.

‘How will I feed my son?’: The Government Workers Fighting Back Against Poverty Pay
Nathan Akehurst

Can Labour Get a General Election? The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act and Parliamentary Strategy
James Butler

The Lockdown: Prison Island: Prison Expansion in the UK
Back with a new series, hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Nicole, a researcher at Corporate Watch about the British government’s plans for prison expansion, how this will impact people inside and outside prisons and how communities across the country are resisting.

Novara Live: Death to the West? Corbyn’s Foreign Policy
Tonight on #TyksySour Michael Walker is joined by Huda Elmi and David Wearing to talk anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, and Britain’s role in the world with a Corbyn-led government.

Novara Live: Why Hasn’t Theresa May Resigned?
Failure after failure after failure, what will it take for this government to resign?

No Patient is Illegal: Fighting Borders in the NHS
Erin Dexter
This week, migrant activists protested changes to UK law, which will see healthcare workers co-opted as agents in the continuing assault on the rights and lives of UK migrants. Yesterday, a group of protesters dressed as patients in hospital gowns, doctors in scrubs, and border guards blocked the path of those heading into work at the Department […]

Why Is the British Government Using Its Aid Budget to Keep People in Poverty?
Diane Abbott
