Austerity policies cut Britain’s brief recovery from the financial short and brought recession, stagnation and growing poverty.
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The UK pioneered smart cards such as Oyster. But now, experimentation is being stifled as cash-strapped councils struggle to deliver basic services.
The idea that welfare cuts galvanised Vote Leave risks identifying the wrong culprit.
‘Hothouse Earth’ is not a sure thing – yet. Here’s what you can do about it.
Increasing numbers of parents are being accused of child abuse.
The move may be welcomed by politicians and youth workers, but by focusing on future outcomes, Labour’s plans repeat a well-worn pattern.
The Conservative party is so divided over Brexit that it may never recover. How ironic that it was the policies of the Cameron government that brought it about.
After weeks of protest in Haiti, sparked by a sudden rise in fuel prices, at least seven are dead and the prime minister is out. Foreign creditors pushed for the price hike as an austerity measure.
An expert crunches the numbers to reveal just how bleak Britain’s bus crisis has become.
Social supermarkets help those struggling from food poverty – but they mask our broken food system.
The UK media failed to challenge the government narrative of austerity despite its failure to revive the economy.
Sure Start centres are shutting or becoming ‘hubs’, but will they still provide the services which local families value and need?
The former Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex argues that more resources can help, but any available funds need to be spent by the right agencies in the right way.
Young people are poorer than older people in England and the wealth gap between the young and the old is on the rise.
The UK government is shockingly apathetic about the fast rise in mortality in England and Wales.
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The audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK.
Food is just food … or is it?
Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
In announcing free higher education, South African President Jacob Zuma, lobbed a populist hot potato at the ANC elective conference but it’s ordinary people whose fingers will be burnt.
The people most affected must be involved in designing the solutions.
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Associate Professor in Economic Policy, UCL
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor of Citizen Participation, University of Essex
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Emeritus Professor of Economics, and Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, York St John University
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Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Professor of Economics, University of Athens
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
