Jeremy Corbyn’s social justice speech to the UN in Geneva
Jeremy Corbyn had better things to do with his time than listen to Theresa May and her Tories trying to …
Tag Archives: development
Huge increase in zero-hour contracts – in a ‘booming’ economy?
Here are a few figures from the Office of National Statistics: Number of people employed on a “zero-hours contract” in their …
Labour’s ultimatum to tax havens
Ed Miliband has warned the tax havens costing British families and businesses billions of pounds that they will have just …
Income inequality growth means Coalition was either lying or stupid
How nice of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to remind us all, in its new research, that income …
Was the crash really ‘all Labour’s fault’? – Flip Chart Fairy Tales
Of course it bleedin’ wasn’t. It was the result of far too much blind optimism by financial institutions that should …
The end of free speech and free protest in the UK
It’s farewell to your centuries-old right to free speech today, after your Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs won their bid …
Zero hours, zero benefits, zero enthusiasm. Why would anyone take a job on these terms?
The rise of the zero-hours contract must be deeply disturbing to all those with an interest in fair employment practices. …
From the DWP to the economy – the Coalition’s growing credibility chasm
The more we learn of the Tory-led Coalition’s policies, the wider the gap grows between what it is doing and …
Thinktank’s schizoid report will not help Osborne to secure more cuts
How can the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development tell George Osborne that he should invest in infrastructure projects but …
Don’t blame the poor when the rich are bleeding you dry
You know that things have come to a pretty pass when Labour Party supporters turn against the poor. This has …