Austerity

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: ‘UK policies continue to inflict misery’
Poverty

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: ‘UK policies continue to inflict misery’

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It’s time we united for justice
Disability Rights UK

Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It’s time we united for justice

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now
Opinion

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true
The economy

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services
Food banks

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services

Austerity was something we simply could not afford
John Bird

Austerity was something we simply could not afford

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
TV

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

Austerity has its own life – here’s how it lives on in future generations
Sarah Marie Hall

Austerity has its own life – here’s how it lives on in future generations

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
John Bird

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes

The government must measure the true cost of austerity
John Bird

The government must measure the true cost of austerity

Is the fiscal ‘black hole’ real? We asked economists
Politics

Is the fiscal ‘black hole’ real? We asked economists

Austerity doesn’t add up and hits those in need hardest
Opinion

Austerity doesn’t add up and hits those in need hardest

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK

Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’
inequality

Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’

The worst places to live in the UK? Britain’s run-down towns aren’t funny anymore
James McMahon

The worst places to live in the UK? Britain’s run-down towns aren’t funny anymore

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Chancellor will unlock £20bn Brexit buffer if MPs back May’s deal
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Chancellor will unlock £20bn Brexit buffer if MPs back May’s deal

Councils are cutting addiction services despite rising A&E admissions
News

Councils are cutting addiction services despite rising A&E admissions

Funding for libraries down 40 per cent as cities are hit hardest by austerity
News

Funding for libraries down 40 per cent as cities are hit hardest by austerity