With this budget, the Chancellor is taking us into unknown territory
George Osborne has often been described as the most political of chancellors. His economic strategy prior to the election consisted of fuelling a housing boom, whilst continuing with austerity policies…
We need a government that will fight for our future
Samantha Ritchie is speaking at the launch of our election guide on work, pay and unions, in Glasgow on Thursday 12 February. For the first time since trade unions began…
Health care isn’t a privilege, it is a fundamental human right
Transcript of the speech by Dr Kailash Chand OBE at Class Conference 2021: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your invitation to speak here with you today about a matter…
Putting inequality back on the centre-left agenda
In 2020, Professor Mike Savage published the Great British Class Survey. You might remember taking this quiz to find out which of the seven new classes in modern Britain you…
Fire Brigades Union Demands Action From Government
It is now over two years since the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower claimed the lives of 72 people and devastated a close-knit community in the heart of London. The…
The rollercoaster path of government spending on flood defence
In the media coverage of the flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire there has been some scrutiny of government spending on flood defence, with a claimed cut this year of around…
The importance of free museums in enriching our culture
The debate over whether entry to UK museums should be free for all has arisen again recently, in response to the news that local authority funding cuts (following the summer…
Labour Market Realities: Pressures on Lecturers
Lecturers and university staff continue to be embroiled in a dispute over pensions amid fears of casualisation and marketisation in the sector, senior lecturer Dr Jason Arday tells of the…
What would a further £25bn of spending cuts mean for child poverty?
Last week, George Osborne delivered a speech so unrelenting in its call for more social security cuts it left even the Spectator noting that this would raise further doubts about…
Post-18 Funding Review: Listen to Students or Waste Another Opportunity to Reform a Broken System
That Theresa May was 25 minutes late to the podium for the announcement of a year-long post-18 funding review this week was, in many ways, symbolic of everything that has…
Now a lost eleven years on pay, unprecedented for at least 150 years
Real earnings grew in 2022 by 2.5%, a positive figure for the first time since 2007. I.e. 2022 was the first year when pay growth outstripped inflation in 8 years.*…