By threatening the biggest real-terms cut to benefits ever made in a single year, the Tories are making it clear they don't care about 'making work pay' – they care about punishing the poor.
The NHS is already on its knees, and the government want another round of public spending cuts, just as the cost of living crisis causes a fresh wave of health disasters. Let's call that what it is: social murder.
Today, hundreds of 999 call handlers are on strike against poverty pay. Their dispute sums up modern Britain: lives are being risked because bosses won’t even discuss pay rises for key workers.
The Grenfell Tower tragedy had many causes – but at its heart was the contractually-enforced neglect in the British construction industry.
Conservative Conference 2022 has been a heady mix of blue-on-blue attacks, naff merch and sadness. But it's made one thing clear: when it comes to successfully functioning as the party of the ruling elite, they're having serious trouble.
Stacey Clare's 'The Ethical Stripper' is a flawed but valuable account of work in ‘sexual entertainment venues’.
Truss and Kwarteng have rowed back on the top tax rate, but they're still lifting the bankers' bonus cap and threatening cuts to public services and benefits. We need to push for a much bigger change in direction.
Truss has been prime minister for just four short weeks, and she's already got the Tory Party tearing new chunks out of itself – which might be great, if they weren't dragging the rest of us down with them.
In the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections, Lula triumphed. But the threat of a Bolsonaro victory to the world is clear – and must be passionately fought in the upcoming run-off.
The NHS is the pride of Britain, but the last decade has seen pay for nurses fall dramatically and food banks set up in hospitals. It’s a disgraceful situation that can’t be tolerated any longer.
The Tories are reportedly considering slashing benefits to fund their bankers' budget. It's sickening proof of just how deep their cruelty runs.
Friday's budget might have caused more chaos than Truss and Kwarteng foresaw, but they always hoped to open the door to more spending cuts and sell-offs – and in that respect, things are right on course.