What Is Behind the Media’s Skewed Portrayal of Migrants?
The UK print media has a chequered history of callous and unbalanced reporting. Yet even by these standards, the vitriolic portrayal of migrants plumbs new depths. It is a deeply-engrained…
Brexit Deals Must Be Forward Thinking – Not Just Damage Control
Trade deals, regulations, non-repeal repeal bills, independence referendums and policians’ legs – yes, you’re not the only one that’s found it hard to make sense of the Brexit story in…
Trade Unionists are not Bystanders to the Industrial Impact of Brexit
Nearly three years have passed since the Brexit referendum and still the final outcome remains unclear. In this unprecedented period of political and economic uncertainty for British workers, Unite has…
Brexit White Paper: The Elephant in the Room
Brexit is happening. This week the majority of MPs voted to trigger article 50. After the political posturing we can finally get down to the messy details – details that…
Spring Budget 2025: Our Panel Reacts
Following Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget announcement yesterday, we asked our panel for their reactions. Prof. Prem Sikka, Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex What a wasted opportunity to…
The Financial Crisis: What’s Changed Since August 2007?
9 August 2024 is widely pinpointed as a key date in the timeline of the global financial crisis. Ten years on, Ann Pettifor, Paul Mason and Faiza Shaheen discuss what’s…
0.4% Annual Pay Growth! Is This As Good As It Gets?
Today’s job figures yet again reveal supposedly good news about the state of the UK labour market. The number of people in work remains at a near record high while…
Budget 2022: Our panellists give their reaction
Angela O’Hagan, Women’s Budget Group In his “Budget for Britain – the comeback country”, there is still no comeback for low income families. With a further £12bn off the welfare…
Failing Industrial Strategy Needs An Overhaul
Today’s employment figures do not shine any light on the state of UK manufacturing, but plenty of recent coverage has highlighted the extreme pressures that UK manufacturing is facing in…
Council Cuts Have Hit The Poorest
Despite talk of ‘deal dividends’ and ‘Brexit bribes’, there seems to be no end in sight for local government when it comes to austerity. As the Local Government Association (LGA)…
How can we help the wealthy part with their wealth?
The Wealthy Need to be Helped to Part from Their Wealth A report by Oxfam states that globally the richest 1% now has as much wealth as the rest of…