The health crisis nobody is talking about
Less than a year after it was made, the government has broken its promise to address health inequalities.
ByCost of Living Crisis
The ‘cost of living’ refers to the price of things around the world and how much money people have to spend on essentials. The ‘cost of living crisis’ refers to the fall in ‘real’ disposable income that the UK has experienced since late 2021, which is making it difficult for people to afford food, fuel and basic household items. This crisis is being caused predominantly by high inflation outstripping increases in wages and benefits, and has been further exacerbated by recent tax and energy price increases. Read more about the cost of living crisis here.
Why the economy is threatened by early retirees
Droves of over-50s leaving the workforce may have led to entrenched inflation and a lower tax take – ramping up…
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Cost-of-living crisis is turning London back into the “Big Smoke”
In the face of an energy price squeeze, wood-burners look like an economical option – but the toxic pollution they…
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We need a reform of council tax, not a rise
Your ludicrous bill was decided when Rishi Sunak was 11 years old.
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Are you an unsettled withstander or a hopeful struggler? Meet Britain’s new cost-of-living classes
These are the new social groups of the inflation age.
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There’s no breastfeeding crisis – there’s a childcare crisis
Mothers don’t need more pressure and judgement from the government.
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The civil servants’ expenses files reveal a government committed to waste
The GPC revelations are the latest scandal to highlight how the Conservatives have squandered Britain’s resources.
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What was the point of Sunak’s reshuffle?
The Prime Minister’s reorganisation of four departments has been met with bafflement.
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How universal public services can end the cost-of-living crisis
Government provision of basic human needs, like healthcare and housing, can fight price shocks and save the planet.
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“We’ve never seen demand like this”: Citizens Advice warns of further cost-of-living struggles
The organisation predicts that April will be a “pinch point” for many as energy price guarantee ends.
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The inflation crisis is stopping us from building new homes, says Peabody chief
Ian McDermott’s housing association has had to refocus resources on warm banks and other initiatives to alleviate tenants’ hardship.
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Tory MP Lee Anderson has the seventh-highest staff turnover in parliament
The representative for Ashfield, who tweeted about his staffer earning “less than 30k”, is in the top ten for biggest…
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The legislative battles to watch out for in 2023
UK policymakers and experts reveal the legislation and policy initiatives they have their eye on as parliament returns.
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The cost of dying: “pauper’s funerals” have doubled since 2019
Exclusive figures reveal how more people are turning to public health funerals in poor parts of Britain.
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Mick Lynch: Government has “a Stalinist obsession” over strike negotiations
Speaking to MPs, Lynch put the blame for prolonged industrial action firmly at the government’s door.
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I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m going on strike
The government has enabled real-term pay cuts, service overloads and chronic underinvestment within the NHS.
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“It’s a system failure”: Tory “warm bank” constituents signal election warning
Disgruntled “warm bank” users in Conservative seats are a predictor of the party’s electoral wipeout.
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In my great-great-grandfather’s poetry, I glimpse the Britain I report on today
George Lattimer, a trade unionist in Victorian London writing about fair pay and the workhouse, would still have plenty of…
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This was the year the UK was forced to abandon its economic delusions
Many of our problems stem from low economic growth – but we have learned solutions need to be credible.
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Key policy moments of 2022
Policymakers and experts on their policy highlight – or lowlight – of the year.
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