Caroline Molloy

Caroline Molloy is openDemocracy's UK health and social affairs correspondent, a journalist and speaker. She has written extensively on politics, public services and the welfare state, and has a particular interest in public services and technology.

‘Destitution’ warning as DWP rejects calls to pause benefit deductions

Charity warns two million children are affected by decision to keep taking money out of already-inadequate payments

By Caroline Molloy

/ 12 Sep 2022

‘Destitution’ warning as DWP rejects calls to pause benefit deductions

11 times Jacob Rees-Mogg revealed what he really thinks about your rights

The arch-Brexiteer wants to cut wages and holidays, and sack strikers. And as business secretary, he’s now in charge

By Caroline Molloy

/ 8 Sep 2022

11 times Jacob Rees-Mogg revealed what he really thinks about your rights

We can do so much better (and fairer) than Truss’s bailout for the rich

OPINION: The UK needs targeted, smart help for energy bills, not cash to help the rich use more than their share

By Caroline Molloy

/ 8 Sep 2022

We can do so much better (and fairer) than Truss’s bailout for the rich

Kids skimping on meals to buy food for hungry friends, youth workers warn

Exclusive: Youth workers have spoken of ‘a failure of society’ as kids take on responsibility for feeding friends

By Caroline Molloy

/ 23 Aug 2022

Kids skimping on meals to buy food for hungry friends, youth workers warn

Revealed: UK household energy debt hit record high even before price hikes

Official Ofgem data shows millions of electricity and gas users in arrears for the first quarter of 2022

By Caroline Molloy

/ 4 Aug 2022

Revealed: UK household energy debt hit record high even before price hikes

Meet the union leaders who are every bit as tough as Mick Lynch

The pandemic and its injustices have shifted workers’ expectations. These women are leading the struggle

By Caroline Molloy

/ 29 Jul 2022

Meet the union leaders who are every bit as tough as Mick Lynch

Sweltering at home? Blame government for failing on insulation, say experts

Mass retrofitting of old homes could have cooled Britain down and saved it from soaring energy bills in winter

By Caroline Molloy

/ 19 Jul 2022

Sweltering at home? Blame government for failing on insulation, say experts

Jeremy Hunt: New chancellor is the man who ruined the NHS

As the former health secretary is appointed to the Exchequer, his ministerial past puts paid to his ‘sensible’ image

By Caroline Molloy

/ 8 Jul 2022

Jeremy Hunt: New chancellor is the man who ruined the NHS

Beware the ‘nice Tory’ who comes after the panto villain

We cheered when Margaret Thatcher resigned, too. But let’s not kid ourselves that a grey man successor will save us.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 7 Jul 2022

Beware the ‘nice Tory’ who comes after the panto villain

Labour loses grip of council coalition as trio quit in stitch-up row

Exclusive: Labour no longer largest party in Stroud’s long-running rainbow council after selection backlash

By Caroline Molloy

/ 1 Jul 2022

Labour loses grip of council coalition as trio quit in stitch-up row

Exclusive: MPs and landowners rake in energy subsidies as millions struggle

International trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and members of the landed gentry are among those to benefit

By Caroline Molloy

/ 10 Jun 2022

Exclusive: MPs and landowners rake in energy subsidies as millions struggle

Ministers knew heating subsidy was paying billions to UK’s wealthiest

It’s costing taxpayers £23bn, disproportionately benefiting rich landowners, and may be little more than greenwash

By Caroline Molloy

/ 10 Jun 2022

Ministers knew heating subsidy was paying billions to UK’s wealthiest