Inside Britain’s prisons crisis
Austerity has reduced a working system to one of ungovernable horrors.
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Austerity is a set of Conservative political-economic policies that cut government spending and increase taxes. These polices aim to reducing government budget deficits and the role of the welfare state. In the UK, austerity has been implemented from 2010 to 2019 under the Coalition and Conservative governments, and again in 2021 to the present. Here you can find all of our latest news, analysis and comment about austerity.
The left must resist the seductions of austerity
Britain and Germany are walking into the same fiscal doom loop.
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Will Rachel Reeves end austerity?
The Chancellor’s definition of halting cuts will be challenged.
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Will there ever be justice for Grenfell?
The architects of an aggressive deregulation scheme appear to have done little soul searching.
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The Grenfell report is damning for David Cameron
The former PM’s deregulatory agenda contributed to avoidable deaths.
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Rachel Reeves wants the Tories to own their legacy
The new Chancellor is following the example of George Osborne by citing “the mess” left by the last government.
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Dan Poulter: “I voted for policies that I would not now vote for”
The doctor and Tory defector Dan Poulter on the state of the NHS and where his former party went wrong.
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There is such a thing as society
To fix this country after 14 years of Tory ruin, we’re going to need to start saying as much.
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The council debt crisis is of the government’s own making
The abolition of the Audit Commission, and the squeeze on local authority budgets, has doubled the sector's liabilities.
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Teresa Thornhill: “The system keeps some children safe, but fails others”
The former child protection lawyer on how overstretched social services endanger families.
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Even Tories are disowning austerity
The legacy of 14 years in power is hanging heavily on the party.
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Austerity is coming for Europe
Heed Germany's lesson: when austerity bites, investment is the first thing to go.
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Tired stereotypes of the long-term sick have returned
To reduce the rise in economic inactivity, people need holistic support not punitive sanctions.
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The Research Brief: How the average Briton became £10,200 worse off
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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How the local government finance settlement would leave poorer authorities worse off
Conservative MPs are demanding emergency funding in response to devolved finance proposals that penalise poorer councils.
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Why Keir Starmer won’t bash “woke” charities
After years of Tory cuts, Labour needs to repair the relationship between government and civil society.
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The Research Brief: health inequalities linked to over a million early deaths
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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In 2024, Labour must offer hope
If all Keir Starmer’s party promises is a second age of austerity, voters will soon abandon it.
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David Cameron is a symbol of a broken economic model
The new Foreign Secretary is the architect of low-productivity, low-investment, low-waged Britain. It’s time to break with the failed experiment.
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The NHS workforce may have grown but so have its vacancies
Despite staffing levels increasing over the past 13 years, the health service’s supply is not keeping up with demand.
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