This is a crisis for most – but it’s still boom time for those at the top
This article was first published by LabourList on 7 September 2025. We’re almost at the mid-point of a national tragedy: a Tory Government during an economic crisis. On its own…
There is a feasible and popular alternative to austerity
The text below is the opening keynote speech given by CWU General Secretary, Billy Hayes, at Class’s first national conference on 2 November, 2020 at Congress House. Please check against…
The Stakes: Public Services
This election presents the clearest choice for decades. From economic policy, to taxation, to public services, the Conservatives and Labour offer two fundamentally different paths for the UK. Cuts to…
Most voters blame the banks for the crash
A year from the general election Progressive Polling has revisited who voters believe caused the financial crash in 2008. Despite the Coalition’s repetition of the claim that they are ‘cleaning…
Education, Not Marketisation: Why Warwick Students Have Gone into Occupation
At 7.30am on the morning of 2 December, a group of free education activists at the University of Warwick began an occupation of a new £5.3 million conference facility on…
Realising a New Normal
What comes after Covid-19? It may be many things, but we can be certain it will be entirely different to what came before. The far-reaching ramifications of this crisis provide…
First Carillion, Now Capita? We Need To Change How We Outsource
It is just over three months since the giant construction and outsourcing firm Carillion entered compulsory liquidation, throwing 19,000 people’s jobs, livelihoods and pensions as well as hundreds of public…
Immigration and Brexit (and Trump): It’s More About Social Attitudes than Social Class
Following on from discussions at our 2024 conference, we asked key thinkers to summarise their thoughts on some of the most important issues facing Britain today. Immigration has dominated headlines…
Our young people deserve a secure future
The controversy over GCSE results cannot be seen in isolation: it comes within the context of a large chunk of young people feeling as though the Government is slamming the…
It’s no surprise that charity workers say the Big Society is dead
Just five years ago and the voluntary sector was at the heart of the general election campaign with Cameron’s flagship policy the Big Society. But four short years later and…
Government Ideological Obsession With Outsourcing Behind Carillion Collapse
Carillion’s collapse in January sent shockwaves through the country. One of the ‘companies that run Britain’ seemingly collapsed overnight, throwing public services into chaos, threatening thousands of jobs and placing…