Reeve’s economic plan
By Peter Main On 11 June, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her Comprehensive Spending Review. This will be the clearest […]
No more austerity: make the rich pay!
We need united front committees of trade unions and anti-cuts campaigns to build resistance to austerity 2.0
The danger of Starmer’s ‘military Keynesianism’
On 25 February, the government website proclaimed ‘Prime Minister sets out biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War.’
Lambeth Labour imposes £99 million cuts
By Jeremy Dewar Austerity returned to Lambeth, South London in a big way last month. The right wing clique that
Labour declares war on the civil service
A PCS member In a move reminiscent of the coalition government of the 2010s, Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping
Labour’s spring statement: The mask slips
By KD Tait As the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled her spring statement, the echoes of austerity reverberated
Labour blames welfare claimants for unemployment
Liz Kendall is preparing to slash income support for the sick and unemployed
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When out of ideas, attack the disabled
The markets demand public spending cuts, and Rachel Reeves is happy to oblige.
The NHS: Death by a thousand cuts
7.2 million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England.
Austerity is back as Sunak makes poor pay for the crisis
The Spring Statement signalled the return of austerity and the steepest slide in living standards since records began in the 1950s.
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National Insurance hike will make workers pay for Tory health and care crisis
By Reginald Banks The Tories have fired an initial salvo at the working class in the battle over who is
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Lebanon: Protests Call for End to Confessional System
Lebanon, like Iraq, Sudan, and Algeria, is experiencing its own version of the Arab Spring with mass demonstrations, occupations and street blockades
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Chile Rises Against Austerity
Chile joins a growing list of countries currently experiencing a mass revolt for a better world, free of corruption, poverty and austerity. These presently include Ecuador, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Sudan, Iraq, and Chile
Tax Credit Cuts Punish the Poor
TORY plans to reduce tax credits have been defeated in the House of Lords. This is a welcome setback
Cuts put women on rations
By Rebecca Anderson 2 May 2015 Chancellor George Osborne crowed in his 2015 budget speech that the employment rate was
Stop the Stormont House Agreement
By Bernie McAdam 16 March 2015 A mass strike involving up to 50,000 public sector workers was held across the
2015: their New Year's resolutions and ours
Chancellor George Osborne’s early Christmas present came in the form of the Autumn Statement, which threatened to cut public spending
Tory Party Conference: seven more years of austerity
By Rebecca Anderson This year’s Tory party conference saw a bonfire of human rights, welfare and hope for an end
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