Analysis: Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster
by Ell Folan
Boris Johnson’s bright idea for winning back young voters is only going to deepen their misery, writes Ell Folan.
Tag: welfare state
Opinion: We Cap Fuel Prices. Why Not Food?
by Ella Thorold
Supermarket price-gouging is pushing millions of Britons toward starvation. The solution is simple, writes Ella Thorold.
Analysis: Britain Needs to Get Over Its Obsession With Flat Taxes
by Ell Folan
From national insurance to council tax, Britain has an unhealthy obsession with flat taxes that hit the poor hardest. It’s time for the British state to be funded fully by progressive taxation, writes Ell Folan.
Rough Sleeping Is at Record Levels, so Why Don’t People Care?
by Nye Jones
The Tories want people to believe homelessness is complex and rough sleepers are to blame for their situation. The truth is they have been let down by a system that could easily be changed if there was the political will to do so.
Socialism at Home Is Not Enough – It’s Time for a Corbynite Foreign Policy
by Barnaby Raine
Foreign and domestic policy were once entangled in the minds of the much of the left. It’s time Corbyn used the opportunity of his leadership to be bold with his anti-imperialist principles, argues Barnaby Raine.
67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It
by Aaron Bastani
On 15 March 1951 the Iranian parliament voted to nationalise the country’s vast oil wealth in what should have been a founding moment for a modern, democratic nation. Aaron Bastani takes a look at why Britain and the US put a stop to Iran's experiment in self-government.
Referendum Fatigue: 5 Thoughts on the Inadequacies of Both Leave and Remain
by Alex Fusco
The EU referendum seems to have dragged on for an age, yet many people feel no more enlightened now than when campaigning started.
4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)
by 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.
4 Reflections on the Anti-Austerity Movement
by Craig McVegas
50,000 hit the streets of London last weekend to protest against austerity. The coverage was slight, getting the back up of many an activist. With strikes and other demonstrations planned for summer, will this most recent march act as a springboard onto the agenda or is it indicative of a movement struggling for ideas?