On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
Austerity
“When people live in a fair, caring society, where everyone has equal access to social goods, they don’t have to spend their time worrying about how to cover their basic …
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Sian Norris speaks to a family who will have been in the UK 33 years before they are granted indefinite leave to remain
Right-winger can’t bear to say people should be better off, only that they should ‘feel’ better off – it didn’t go down well Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer’s right-wing Shadow Chancellor, was already infamous for – among many other things – her history of appalling comments about the unemployed, for wanting to deport more people faster […]
New data has revealed the barriers single parents face in getting back to work, while rates of in-work poverty exposes Tory 'myth' that work is the route to riches, Sian Norris reports
‘It needs to be understood how governments have facilitated inequality in the world. Billionaires don’t happen naturally. The rules by which a country’s economy operates is controlled by governments. If …
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New ONS data reveals how cold homes and food insecurity is impacting people's physical and emotional health
Maya Esslemont and Sian Norris reveal how crime victims are struggling to access the financial support they are entitled to
New data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals the extent of poverty in families
The NHS is being burdened by the scale of Britain’s health inequalities, reports Sam Bright