Britvic informs 242 Norwich workers of redundancy – over Xmas lunch
Drinks company Britvic has announced that it will be pulling out of Norwich, with the loss of 242 jobs. Norwich South Labour MP Clive Lewis issued a statement on the […]
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Video: McDonald on the scandal of the £2bn East Coast Rail bail-out
Labour’s excellent Shadow Transport Secretary, Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald, has issued a strong video statement on the government’s £2 billion bail-out of the failed East Coast rail franchise – and on […]
Here’s DWP’s Gauke encouraging companies to put profits in #TaxHavens
The story of Runcorn woman Elaine Morrall, who died cold and alone in a house she only heated when her children were home from school – after being sanctioned by […]
Breaking: #CorbynHood declares war on #taxavoiders #GE17
In breaking news, Labour has published a bold list of the measures the party will take in government to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, to ensure that the UK will […]
Tory donors making £billions from NHS privatisation
Whenever you hear ‘NHS disaster’ stories on BBC News, or read scare and horror stories in the right-wing print media – or see “patients’ campaigners” being awarded honours by Cameron, […]
How to ensure a living wage or better without increasing prices
I sometimes wonder at the lack of imagination shown by many of our politicians on key issues, and the ensuing willingness to accept the status quo. Or perhaps it’s that […]
It’s all about demand pt 2: why most companies won’t flee proper tax or a living wage
This post is probably not going to be read as widely as my post at the weekend about Danny Boyle and the message of his Olympic opening ceremony to the […]
The lie of ‘unaffordability’: the foundations of the welfare state and the REAL ‘structural’ problems
On Newsnight last Wednesday, a very sharp old lady nailed Conservative minister David Willetts during a discussion on pension reforms by challenging the idea that we can’t afford to maintain […]