The number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years as the richest members of our society get richer. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted an increase of more than a million in the number of children living ...
The level of inequality in Britain far outstretches that of our European neighbours or other G7 countries, a new graph has revealed. According to OECD figures published in The Economist the richest people in the UK are leaps and bounds ahead of the poorest groups in terms of GDP per person. ...
Shock figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that Britain is £490 billion poorer than was thought. Britain’s stock of wealth has fallen from a surplus of of £469 billion to a net deficit of £22 billion. The UK has totally lost its reserve of foreign assets, ...
Jeremy Corbyn will be rubbing his hands after a new report by the International Monetary Fund backed Labour's tax strategy and discredited the Conservatives' approach. Higher income tax rates for rich would reduce inequality without impacting economic growth. The research revealed higher income tax rates for the rich would help reduce ...
Scottish Labour reacted to Mhairi Black's attacks on Jeremy Corbyn at the SNP Conference with a scathing attack on her record in office and that of her party. "I am so disappointed with Jeremy Corbyn, so disappointed," the SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire had told the SNP Conference, warning the ...
The UK's youngest MP brought the house down at the SNP Conference with an emotive speech on Tory austerity and the damage it had wreaked. Mhairi Black started off mocking Prime Minister Theresa May by complaining she had a cough too, before insisting that Scotland is strong enough to survive ...
This is Jeremy Corbyn MP's speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton in full. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever to fight another general election. The ...
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth today warned that the NHS urgently needs a £500m NHS winter bailout. The much needed cash was required to help increase capacity in struggling hospitals and to pay for extra staff. There are major concerns that the NHS could be at breaking point this festive season, without an ...
A Facebook post from May 20th claiming that if the Conservatives lose just six seats Jeremy Corbyn will become PM has come back to bite Theresa May on the arse after she lost more than five times that amount. The Tories have lost 26 seats to the Labour Party and ...