Thousands of low-income tenants have been plunged into "heat or eat" hardship as a result of the bedroom tax,...
Neoliberalism
The dominant ideology of modern times is hard to pin down but its influence is global and catastrophic. A mixture of bogus economic theory, direct assaults on behalf of class power and a Trojan horse to subvert democracy – everyone needs to understand the nature and influence of neoliberalism.
Prime minister David Cameron loves to portray himself as the defender of British sovereignty in his dealings with the EU....
DWP Unspun - a new website from False Economy The Department for Work and Pension’s combination of cuts and...
In rediscovering the value of wielding influence rather than power, the Lib Dems should reconnect with their social democratic heritage....
Since 1945, the welfare state has protected people in the UK from falling below an essential threshold of decency due...
Since 1979 the privatisation and marketization policies of successive governments have delivered the economy into the hands of a narrow...
On July 5, the Daily Mail mounted yet another attack on the pesky human rights folk who have the temerity...
Protest and dissent are the foundation stones of modern societies and have helped secure a measure of democracy and human...
No sector has lobbied the EC on the proposed EU-US trade deal (TTIP) more than Agribusiness, according to Corporate Europe...
.Why has the basic logic of austerity been accepted by everyone? Because solidarity has come to be viewed as a...
The heterodox economist Steve Keen wrote in his book 'Debunking Economics' that the modern world has been made in the...
The importance of clearly communicating science to the public should not be underestimated. Accurately understanding our natural environment and sharing...
Migrant workers “no better than slaves” have suffered over 900 deaths on construction sites in Qatar’s 2022 World Cup city....
I was struck powerfully by an article by the environmental campaigner and journalist George Monbiot in yesterday's Guardian - it...
In times of austerity, one of few things that seems to be booming is the trade in wheelbarrows. At least,...
The five richest families in the UK are wealthier than the bottom 20 per cent of the entire population and...
Two months before the first anniversary of the catastrophic collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, Clean Clothes Campaign along with...
The DWP's latest disaster – a report leaked to the Guardian about £1bn of welfare cuts – is typical of...
An IMF paper, published last week, has found not only that inequality is bad for economic growth but that redistribution of...
Six years after the 2008 banking crash, there have been some small tweaks, but little structural reform of the financial...
The scale of the use of zero-hours contracts has been revealed after a revision of official figures showed that nearly...
A quiet revolution has taken place in gambling, with electronic terminals finely-tuned into the perfect devices for parting you from...
Ever since the post-war Keynesian consensus was reversed in the 1970s, unions and other social justice advocates have been lectured...
Last year Barclays bank made a large profit and celebrated by sacking thousands of staff (see Barclays and the sack...
A new report from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies highlights the failure of the Banking Reform Act to...
In these insecure times people are easily persuaded to buy insurance for flights, cars, credit cards, loans, plumbing and almost...
.. Tens of organisations have already quit workfare. The government will not reveal which organisations are still using it for...
The family of a man who starved to death four months after his benefits were cut off has called on...
Last week, a letter signed by 18 organisations was published in the Nigerian media. The letter focussed on a new piece...
A new wave of corporate trade deals threaten to increase global inequality, undermine democracy and hand public service provision to...