A little over thirty years since the tax reform implemented by Republican President Reagan (1986) – though he was supported then by the Democrats almost without exception – Trump in his desire to…

The official line is that universal credit is being introduced to make things easier, simpler, gather a multitude of payments together to benefit people generally. As if fine-tuning bourgeois…

There can hardly be a household that has not been affected by the declining quality of medical services in the UK. From inaccessible GPs and hospital appointments cancelled at the last minute to…

Junior hospital doctors are refusing to back off in their fight against the government’s scheme to impose a new work contract. The BMA has announced strikes for March 9, April 6 and April 26. Each…

Recovery?

Economic recovery? Sorry whose dream is this? We are told that figures are generally getting better month after month. The past couple of months have seen subdued…

After the Budget it is clear that whoever wins the election so-called “welfare reform” will go on. Once upon a time “reform” meant improvement but since the post-war boom ended, as far as the…

Benefit Sanctions – A Cudgel to Beat the Sick and Powerless

The smug old Etonians who currently have their hands on the national piggy purse tell us that jobless figures…

The post war boom is now a thing of folk memory. We have had forty years of declining wages and living conditions. The harsh reality is that capitalism has no future to offer beyond escalating…