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15 September 2021
Unite young and old to defend the pensions triple lock
The UK State Pension is £179.60 a week, among the lowest in Europe. It leaves over 2 million pensioners in poverty.
28 July 2021
Tories and Labour fail on child poverty
Vast inequalities in the UK are predicted to worsen during the long, post-pandemic recovery, entrenching child poverty across the UK
14 July 2021
Why I joined the Socialist Party
My political interests stemmed from awareness of social issues - discrimination around race, gender, sexuality, and particularly from being a feminist
14 July 2021
Keep the Universal Credit uplift
£20 can be the difference between stocked-up cupboards, electricity on the meter, or travel.
14 July 2021
Defend the triple lock - Fight to end poverty pensions
More than 2.1 million British pensioners are living in poverty after paying housing costs, a rise of 200,000 on the previous year, and the highest for 15 years
23 June 2021
Women and the criminal 'injustice' system
In April of this year, the Ministry of Justice released a report responding to the 'growing mental health crisis' for women in prison
9 June 2021
For the last ten years, the number of people who work, yet are still considered to live in relative poverty has been steadily climbing as working people's wages fail to keep pace with the soaring cost of living
9 June 2021
G7 Can't solve poverty, Covid and climate change - join the struggle for Socialism
A lot has happened since the G7, a group of rich capitalist nations including the UK and US, last met in summer 2019
19 May 2021
For a socialist solution to poverty and repression of Palestinians:
The Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has been relentless for over a week, with terrible loss of life and devastation on the ground.
28 April 2021
Poverty increasing. Welfare state in crisis. Do we need a new Beveridge Report?
Many of the gains introduced by the post-war Labour government are long gone.
7 April 2021
1981 Brixton riots: Racism and poverty - the anger explodes
April 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the riots in Brixton, south London, against police racism, unemployment and poverty.
10 March 2021
Would a wealth tax end poverty and inequality?
Who will pay for the pandemic spending - the working class or the billionaires?
10 March 2021
The 'old normal' meant poverty for young people
The budget was another nail in the coffin for the prospects of young people. Pre-Covid Britain was nothing to write home about regarding youth unemployment.
17 February 2021
Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT
3 February 2021
Launching a political alternative to cuts, poverty and job losses
TUSC conference: Councils are facing a new, Covid-driven cash crisis - a financial 'black hole' of up to £2.2 billion, along with an average 5% increase in council tax and other increased service charges.
27 January 2021
Covid spreading, poverty rising, rich get richer, fight for socialism!
There are many crises facing workers and young people. The health crisis, with our NHS stretched to breaking point, pay cuts, job losses, and poverty.
27 January 2021
Poverty wages: When workers can't afford to self-isolate
The Tories are now floating the idea that maybe if they paid £500 to desperate workers in the gig economy, they might be inclined to self-isolate for two weeks if they contract Covid
20 January 2021
Books that inspired me: The Road to Wigan Pier
In early 1936, a then unknown George Orwell was commissioned by the publisher Victor Gollancz to travel to the north of England to research 'the conditions of the working class'
20 January 2021
Make the super-rich pay, not the poorest
In the last week the real number of deaths from Covid has gone over 100,000, and the UK has recorded the highest per capita death toll in the world
20 January 2021
Life in lockdown - being home from school when you're poor is hard
At the beginning of the first lockdown, in my house, we had one computer for three students and a parent working from home. Myself and my siblings receive pupil premium and free school meals.
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Unemployment, low pay, rip-off uni fees, climate change... Join the fight for Socialism
Yorkshire Youth Fight for Jobs relaunched
West Sussex 'disability tax' - our protest is not going away
Fighting evictions in Cornwall
Leeds taxi drivers and disabled passengers unite to fight station changes
Socialist Students: Youth lit up when they saw us on campus
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