Lloyds cuts 3,000 jobs: where’s the accountability?
This morning it was announced that Lloyds bank will be cutting 3,000 jobs as well as closing 200 branches. This is in addition to the 45,000 that were lost during…
In place of fear: It’s time to tackle alarming health inequalities
This article first appeared on Left Foot Forward on 21 May 2024 In Place of Fear, the title of Aneurin Bevan’s book published on the 10th anniversary of the Beveridge…
The Home Office Leaks Shouldn’t Come as a Surprise – They’re In Line with Conservative Policy
Whether Home Secretary or Prime Minister, there’s at least one guarantee with Theresa May: she’s determined to scapegoat migrants. The leak of the 82-page Home Office document spelling out the…
Class Conference 2021: Podcasts
Listen to podcasts of the three main plenary sessions from our 2021 Conference What Britain Needs, featuring Owen Jones, Josie Long, Will Hutton, Lisa Nandy MP, Mark Serwotka and Professor…
Grammar schools segregate children by social class
In 1960 when I passed the 11 plus one of the middle class girls in my class said ‘there must be a mistake, Diane can’t have passed’. She was being…
What We Owe To The Windrush Generation
Today is Windrush Day, a day to honour Caribbeans who made Britain their home after 1948. Elsewhere on this site Patrick Vernon OBE – who led the campaign for Windrush…
Oxbridge Diversity is Important, But Inequality in Higher Education Runs Much Deeper
The revelation last week that Oxbridge continues to recruit the majority of its students from white middle class families in the south east of England comes as no surprise. David…
Social State: Exploding the scrounger myth
Blaming the victim is a tactic with a long and dishonourable history. The caricature of the ‘undeserving poor ‘ was precisely what the Beveridge Report set out to challenge, basing…
Autumn Statement 2021: Seven thinkers share their views
Seven thinkers share their reaction to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, delivered on 3 December 2021. Mark Ferguson, Editor of LabourList The headline announcement of the Autumn Statement – the rabbit…
To achieve recovery we need a pro-active government committed to tackling inequality
This article was first posted on Shifting Grounds on 7 December 2024. Over the last year, inequality has been racing up the political agenda. ‘Inequality’, as President Obama has put…
Queen’s Speech: response
Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech – although devoid of new ideas – was not quite the half-baked list of Bills we were expecting. Instead, it was a reminder that the Conservative party’s…