Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent yearsMore than a fifth of all “austerity generation” British children have been scarred by poverty for at least half their...
Read MoreAs council declares it’s ‘no longer bankrupt’, people say closure of services have added to social isolation and crimeWhen Birmingham city council announced last week it was “no longer bankrupt”, after years of budget cuts and...
Read MoreA mindblowing new show reveals the human cost when the political system turns against the people, putting stories and faces to the hundreds of thousands of citizens thought to have died due to austerityThe Museum of Austerity,...
Read MoreBritain has been stripped of the spaces that allow for true social integration. But it’s easier for politicians to blame ‘outsiders’Every few weeks, another announcement. Immigrants must do this to earn the right to stay in the...
Read MoreExclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis findsCouncils in England will still be poorer by the end of this parliament than they were in 2010 despite Labour’s...
Read MoreExclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis findsCouncils in England will still be poorer by the end of this parliament than they were in 2010 despite Labour’s...
Read MoreThese vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and lonelinessA consensus seems to have recently settled...
Read MoreExclusive: Research finds more than 1,000 schools have suffered cumulative real-terms cuts in excess of £1m eachSchool leaders in England are having to double up as caretakers and lollipop men and women as funding “hits rock...
Read MoreHigh critical report finds that instead of promised annual saving of £100m, fees have rocketed amid financial crisisDavid Cameron’s “bonfire of the quangos” decision to abolish England’s council spending watchdog has left a...
Read MoreCommission says new Best Start project should be called Sure Start to rebuild trust in austerity damaged areasThe government should greatly expand family centres under the Sure Start brand to help win back Reform voters in...
Read MoreDespite a loosening of the purse strings the chancellor still faces a battle to convince voters that Labour can deliver change Rachel Reeves has gambled billions of pounds of infrastructure spending on “renewing Britain” ahead...
Read MoreThe demonstration, organised by the People’s Assembly, called on Keir Starmer’s government to tax the rich to pay for servicesThousands of people marched through central London on Saturday calling for an end to public service...
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