Legal aid reforms will create a two-tier justice system
By Adam Pogonowski Yet another example of the Tories’ determination to attack the worst off in our society is their proposed reforms to criminal legal aid. Legal aid has already been removed from civil law areas such as clinical negligence cases, personal injury and divorce. In short, this will leave some individuals unable to access [...]
The academic case for austerity crumbles… but it won’t change anything
So, it turns out that one of the main academic papers used to justify the government’s massive cuts is wrong. I mean, not in the ‘some academics think it’s wrong, others think it’s right, it’s all really complex’ type way. In the ‘they forgot to copy and paste the right formula all the way down [...]
An aspiration nation
An aspiration nation. That’s how George Osborne described the UK in his fourth budget. A budget that brings some fortune to big business, home owners and tax avoiders but gives little hope to the hundreds of thousands who may face eviction because of the bedroom tax, to the single parents wondering how they’re going to [...]
Budget Day Strikes – support the PCS today
It’s budget day. Again. Once more, George Osborne will stand up on his hind legs and assault the people of Britain. And once more, the Public and Commercial Services Union are standing on the from line against him. Tomorrow, PCS members are on strike. They are, quite rightly, demanding a pay rise. For too long, [...]
tours of Greece: Life and Debt in Thessaloniki
By Nick Dearden – this blog first appeared on the website of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, of which he is director. Nick is currently in Greece on a fact finding mission with people from across Europe. If you’re in Scotland, you can find out more about his travels at Rich Man’s World in Edinburgh on the [...]
It’s time to reclaim our economy for global justice
By Kara Moses What is the economy? An abstract pseudoscience constructed by experts that has little to do with the average citizen? Simply the way money flows through a society? Nick Dearden, Director of Jubilee Debt Campaign, opened the Crash conference in Birmingham by putting this question to the audience. Answers included ‘life, the universe [...]
London event: Austerity is working – for the 1%
Join us for an inspiring day of discussion, film & workshops in London. The welfare state is under attack, workers’ rights are being eroded and poverty and inequality are on the rise. This is not a new crisis. The austerity measures now being imposed in the UK and Europe have been replicated around the world [...]
The way the economic wind blows and what it means for the left
With employment increasing, is the economic crisis nearing an end? or are we heading for triple dip recession as manufacturing and exports shrink? Will the economy be on the mend by the next election, or will we be in the middle of a lost decade? Each day the newspapers confront us with suggestions that the [...]
Video: Awesome interview with Iceland’s president – how they saved their economy
Davos, as someone else has said, is where the rich gather to work out how to get richer. So, it’s a joy to see this Al Jazeera interview with Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, explaining what they did right. Many of us might already know the story of how Iceland saved their economy. They [...]
BREAKING: Why we plebs occupied Andrew Mitchell’s office on budget day
by Roz Burgin Today, December 5th, George Osborne is to deliver his Autumn Statement outlining further cuts and ‘sacrifices’ to be made in the name of austerity. My friends and I are protesting against this austerity by occupying the office of the only Tory MP in our city – Birmingham. That is the office of [...]
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