Sinn Fein generated a powerful story that they are the party that represents working people against the privileged.
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A short history of Ireland’s political economy explains Sinn Fein’s surge in popularity.
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Poor neighbourhoods are driving health inequalities in children.
The Alberto and Cristina show: the new president and deputy president turn out in Buenos Aires.
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The new government of Alberto Fernandez must now deal with Argentina’s least favourite international organisation.
Jeremy Corbyn tries to rebuild Labour’s support in the East Midlands.
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Years of austerity and growing inequality has left parts of the UK disenfranchised and frustrated.
Boris Johnson’s party has announced some modest spending increases.
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Before we declare the end of austerity, it is important to explore what exactly austerity was – and remind ourselves of the terrible toll it has had on many people’s lives.
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Food poverty is increasingly generating child victims, whose only salvation comes from donations of emergency food provisions.
Short-sighted?
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A political economist explains the background to Labour and the Conservatives’ new commitment to spending and borrowing.
A clouded future for local councils.
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Reforms to the way local authorities are funded are probably the most radical – and least discussed – changes made by the Conservative government.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes office as Greek prime minister.
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The road ahead remains rocky for Greece’s newly elected prime minister.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece’s new prime minister, hugs his daughter after his election victory.
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Ten years after the onset of Greece’s biggest crisis since World War II, radical populism is running out of steam.
George Osborne’s eyes a return to politics.
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The main distinguishing feature of Osborne’s policy record was presiding over one of the worst economic recoveries in British history.
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Far from being a technical, commercial instrument, money can be a social and political construct that has immense radical potential.
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Totnes shows how a small, rural town can build community resilience at a time when local budgets are under strain.
Is there life after Brexit?
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Brexit will inevitably dominate this campaign, but the next prime minister also needs positions on austerity, party unity and how to actually survive in parliament.
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Councils have sold off vast amounts of land since 2014 – land that was previously used for important public services.
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Vulnerable young people have been failed by austerity policies that have decimated the services meant to protect them.
Radical change to tax can undo the damage of austerity and make society more equal.
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Imagine if the amount of tax everyone paid was public knowledge – they do it in Sweden.
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New research reveals how austerity pushed poor families into debt to pay for basic needs like food, rent and hot water.
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A round up of evidence-based views on the knife crime epidemic – including what action is really needed to prevent more young lives being lost.
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Knife crime incidents are individual tragedies, but rising homicide rates reveal a changing society which is ill at ease.