Can Reform UK really slash £50 billion from the welfare bill?
But what would that vision actually look like – and do the numbers really add up? The government…
What is it like to be a NEET young person in Britain?
“Employers have certain expectations and I can’t always fulfil those expectations and targets. I do what I can but unfortunately it’s never enough.” …
Gabriel Zucman: Why Britain must tax billionaire wealth now
Read more: Whether exercised by Musk or anyone else is ultimately beside the point. Democracy should never depend…
UK workers all face the same problems. Why not join together?
With continued financial support, the approach has been so successful in Edinburgh that the team have created three…
Keir Starmer under pressure: Can ending poverty fix UK politics?
Part of the reason for the merry-go-round, Michael Bankole, lecturer in politics at Kings College London, explains, is…
You can’t make Britain safer by spending on defence not welfare
False narratives reinforce stigma and damage public confidence in our social security system. As a percentage of GDP,…
More than 12m face ‘pension poverty’ in Britain — and it could get worse
Reeves has been criticised for plans to limit pension salary sacrifice limits (Getty Images) A third of people…
Greens trusted as much as Labour to fix UK poverty, poll finds
Meanwhile, only 37% of people who voted for Labour at the 2024 General Election currently back them as…
One in 10 women in UK are facing period poverty in 2026
More than a third of those who couldn’t afford products said they wore pads or tampons for longer…
London is a city becoming increasingly unequal for those raising children
Is London becoming ‘child-free’? Politicians, policymakers and journalists seem fascinated by this question. But this line of enquiry…
US-Iran war creating ‘perfect storm’ for UK food supply
Read more: The way FareShare and The Felix Project works is by “rescuing” surplus food from every part…
Decades of economic decline has ‘broken’ Britons, pushing one fifth of people into poverty and towards political Reform
The Union Jack flutters on a telegraph pole. Once a symbol of might and power it is now…