Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
We can act now to hold down fuel prices this winter
JON TRICKETT MP says the tools already exist to stop price-gouging by the energy fat cats
Protesters during an energy protest outside the Palace of Westminster, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget to Parliament, March 6, 2024
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
Critics of UBI underestimate both its political significance and its economic potential, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
THIS winter, many British people will be shivering in their homes. For others the cold will cause severe illness and avoidable death.
There is a simple answer to fuel poverty. Let the energy giants pay. Their profits are enormous because their prices are too high. Exploitative pricing and low corporate taxes ought to be the subject of action by the government.
A recent note from the House of Commons Library says the following: “The charity National Energy Action (NEA) has estimated that the total number of UK households in fuel poverty increased from around 4.5 million in October 2021 to 6.7 million in October 2022. Their latest estimate is 5.6 million for January 2024.”
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