-
Published in: 50.50Austerity drives populism and is a frontal attack on the rights of womenWomen are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that...
-
Published in: Shine A LightBudget 2017 offered little. We demand moreNormal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Day after day we witness the dangerous reality of austerity....
-
Published in: Shine A LightAusterity stories you won’t hear about in today’s Budget96 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Rhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three...
-
Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bullies96 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing...
-
Published in: Shine A LightResidents challenge council plans to demolish their homesCentral Hill housing estate in South London is threatened with demolition. Residents are challenging the...
-
Published in: Shine A Light‘How do we get out if there’s a fire?’ In Yorkshire, G4S tenants live in fearSecurity company G4S housed six families with babies and toddlers in a fire-trap hostel in Halifax.
-
Published in: TransformationLiberation in the age of the hashtag activistUnder austerity we tweet #bringbackourgirls from the safety of our laptops: anything else is naive. Liberation means...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKAusterity - update from the front lineThe cumulative assault on economic security unleashed by this government have left many just a small mishap away...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWe can end the despotism of finance, at a priceTo mark the publication of Ann Pettifor's e-book, Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance,...
-
Published in: 50.50Austerity policies in Europe are fuelling social injustice - and violating human rightsA new report by the Council of Europe provides detailed evidence that austerity measures have corroded civil and...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKThoughts on 2013 - a slow motion train wreck2013 was the year the true nature of this UK Coalition became visible: it hasn't the faintest idea how to mend the...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKNothing ever happens in Northern Ireland?Austerity, flags and stagnant parties - Lorcan Mullen updates the rest of the UK on what's been happening in...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKAnother slap in the face for struggling familiesIt's not that marriage is good for children, it's that poverty is bad for them. Offering couples tiny tax breaks...
-
Published in: Shine A LightCameron risks alienating immigrants and refugees: So much for Big Society inclusion
Cameron cannot continue preaching the Big Society while alienating immigrants and refugees. So much for the Big...
-
Published in: Shine A LightCameron is cutting the very projects that make Britain a civilised society.
Esmé Madill tells of small charities that make a huge difference to some of the most vulnerable, and whose existence...
Latest in "austerity"
New in our projects
-
Published in: democraciaAbierta#Colombia the ghosts of war threaten peace -
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to lobby Washington to death -
Published in: TransformationIf life wins there will be no losers
Latest on Brexit
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKDon’t feed the Farage trolls
