Divide and rule Immigrants make vital contributions to British pensions and welfare benefits Population study shows that without the essential part played by immigrant workers, our pensions and social service provisions would collapse.
Divide and rule Immigrants make vital contributions to British pensions and welfare benefits Population study shows that without the essential part played by immigrant workers, our pensions and social service provisions would collapse.
Social wage Hungry schoolchildren; another sign of a failed system When an economic system can’t provide basics like food and warm shelter to its people, it is time for it to be replaced.
Social wage Hungry schoolchildren; another sign of a failed system When an economic system can’t provide basics like food and warm shelter to its people, it is time for it to be replaced.
Social wage Unemployment and poverty set to rise as furlough ends and benefits are cut A brutal shock is in store for many workers as the temporary multi-tiered unemployment support system is slashed back to the bone.
Social wage Unemployment and poverty set to rise as furlough ends and benefits are cut A brutal shock is in store for many workers as the temporary multi-tiered unemployment support system is slashed back to the bone.
Social wage Queues for food reach 2km in London Why was it left to a Russian TV station to document this shameful state of affairs in our country?
Social wage Queues for food reach 2km in London Why was it left to a Russian TV station to document this shameful state of affairs in our country?
Social wage Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?
Social wage Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?
Social wage Hard to swallow: UK food parcels shamefully inadequate When profit takes precedence over the provision of service, it’s no surprise that half-hearted and belated government measures are not fit for purpose.
Social wage Hard to swallow: UK food parcels shamefully inadequate When profit takes precedence over the provision of service, it’s no surprise that half-hearted and belated government measures are not fit for purpose.
Capitalist crisis The unenviable plight of the self-employed Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.
Capitalist crisis The unenviable plight of the self-employed Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.
Social wage Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.
Social wage Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.
Social wage Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?
Social wage Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?
Social wage UBI: a recipe for universal misery Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.
Social wage UBI: a recipe for universal misery Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.
Social wage UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work? What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?
Social wage UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work? What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?
Lay-offs and closures Jobless total rockets As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.
Lay-offs and closures Jobless total rockets As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.
Social wage Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic Social murder in our midst is being hushed up by all arms of the state, hand in glove with media that are entirely uninterested in ‘speaking truth to power’.
Social wage Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic Social murder in our midst is being hushed up by all arms of the state, hand in glove with media that are entirely uninterested in ‘speaking truth to power’.
Social wage DWP dirty tricks are pushing the most vulnerable over the edge Private companies are being handsomely paid to prevent the sick from accessing benefits they have every right to.
Social wage DWP dirty tricks are pushing the most vulnerable over the edge Private companies are being handsomely paid to prevent the sick from accessing benefits they have every right to.
Health Shameful levels of malnutrition in Britain Privatisation and cost-cutting in social care have led to shocking levels of neglect amongst the most vulnerable in our society.
Health Shameful levels of malnutrition in Britain Privatisation and cost-cutting in social care have led to shocking levels of neglect amongst the most vulnerable in our society.
Social wage ‘We often see grown men in tears – they can’t believe they’re here’ Manchester reporter discovers dismay, rage and defiance in Oldham, a town bruised by universal credit and austerity.
Social wage ‘We often see grown men in tears – they can’t believe they’re here’ Manchester reporter discovers dismay, rage and defiance in Oldham, a town bruised by universal credit and austerity.
Society Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’ In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.
Society Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’ In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.
Social wage A third of British children live in poverty A decade of austerity is taking a heavy toll on Britain’s families.
Social wage A third of British children live in poverty A decade of austerity is taking a heavy toll on Britain’s families.
Housing The housing crisis is lining private landlords’ pockets Housing benefit is acting as the ‘landlords’ bonus’, while provision of emergency temporary accommodation by private landlords is the ‘icing on the cake’.
Housing The housing crisis is lining private landlords’ pockets Housing benefit is acting as the ‘landlords’ bonus’, while provision of emergency temporary accommodation by private landlords is the ‘icing on the cake’.
Social wage Universal credit: forcing the needy into ever more desperate poverty The government can look after the interests of the capitalists or the interests of the workers; it cannot do both.
Social wage Universal credit: forcing the needy into ever more desperate poverty The government can look after the interests of the capitalists or the interests of the workers; it cannot do both.
Social wage Budget 2016: attacking the poor will not fix the economy Chancellor Osborne is finding that there is no escape from the world capitalist economic crisis.
Social wage Budget 2016: attacking the poor will not fix the economy Chancellor Osborne is finding that there is no escape from the world capitalist economic crisis.
Social wage Benefit cuts: Who are the real parasites in our society? Stealing from the poor for the benefit of the rich.
Social wage Benefit cuts: Who are the real parasites in our society? Stealing from the poor for the benefit of the rich.
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
Working-class history The Victorian origins of workfare Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?
