How to hide austerity: The Tories’ new words for public spending cuts
Even before the pandemic, Boris Johnson said he didn’t want to hear “that word” again. So, what are they saying instead?
Sunak’s first-time-buyers scheme is a boon for banks and big developers
It overlooks the fact that for first-time-buyers the problem is not just deposit costs, but low wages that make mortgage rates unaffordable.
Britain’s housing crisis: Tory policies are delaying the anticipated crash
The government’s handling of the pandemic has highlighted deep-rooted problems in the UK’s housing sector.
Double blow: Brexit Britain locked out of both the EU and major economies
The UK has shot itself in the foot by leaving the EU without trade deals with China and the US.
Bankrupting a hedge fund: How micro-investors beat the mega-rich at their own game
Financial institutions lobby for loose rules that allow them to profit from crashing the system. But they don’t like it when it hurts their pockets.
Revealed: The links between Tory MPs and the people profiting from NHS privatisation
Rich privateers with their eyes on our National Health Service donate to Conservative MPs.
How do you get working people to vote against their own economic interests? Start a culture war!
Inside the right’s new identity crusade: from Brexit to lockdown.
Trump is plotting a coup: Will he succeed?
The outgoing President is packing the Pentagon with loyalists who, when the time comes, could prevent the Secret Service from removing him.
The great COVID robbery: Multimillion-pound companies take bailout money and lay off their staff
Uncovering one of the biggest upward wealth transfers of our generation.