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Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, March 26, 2025
Labour Austerity / 24 June 2025
24 June 2025

Disability charity Sense applauds rebel MPs for ‘pushing back against this unjust policy’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review, June 2, 2025
War & Austerity / 19 June 2025
19 June 2025

LIZ PAYNE condemns how Labour backs war in Gaza and Ukraine, and massive funding for Trident’s nuclear bombs, when billions are needed just to restore public services

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit to the Castlehaven Horticulture hub in Camden, north-west London, June 9, 2025
Economy / 10 June 2025
10 June 2025

Britain needs ‘joined-up industrial strategy and ambitious public investment’ to end the cost of living crisis, unions says

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Mellor Bus in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to announce a multi-billion-pound boost for city transport in the North and the Midlands, June 4, 2025
Austerity / 9 June 2025
9 June 2025

Let’s mobilise against the cuts and for a clear alternative economic strategy, writes MATT WILLGRESS

An elderly woman holding pound coins in her hands, in Poole, Dorset
Winter Fuel Payments / 2 June 2025
2 June 2025
DPac activists protesting in Leeds, May 31, 2025 [Pic: Neil Terry]
Picture Story / 1 June 2025
1 June 2025
LEADING FROM THE FRONT: Daniel Kebede, Fran Heathcote, Holly Turner And Leanne Mohamad
No More Austerity / 31 May 2025
31 May 2025

Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend 

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks at a reception for British and EU businesses in Downing Street, London, May 19, 2025
Austerity / 31 May 2025
31 May 2025

Exempting military expenditure from austerity while slashing welfare represents a fundamental misallocation of resources that guarantees continued decline, argues MICHAEL BURKE

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, February 27, 2025
Trump's Tariffs / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, May 7, 2025
Austerity / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar during an event in Edinburgh to welcome new Labour MPs in Scotland, following Labour's victory in the 2024 General Election, July 7, 2024
Austerity / 2 May 2025
2 May 2025

RUBY ALDEN GIBSON believes Scottish parliament has enough powers to curtail Westminster Labour’s savage attack on welfare

Features / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement
A retiree rallies calling for higher pensions and against au
Features / 1 April 2025
1 April 2025
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Protesters show placards as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is abou
Features / 29 March 2025
29 March 2025
While slashing welfare and public services, Labour’s spring statement delivers a bonanza for death-dealing bomb merchants. We now see the true and terrible face of austerity 2.0, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exch
Britain / 28 March 2025
28 March 2025
Government must take action, union warns: ‘We can’t go on with billionaires getting ever richer whilst working people suffer’
Protesters march towards Parliament Square, London, as Chanc
Editorial: / 26 March 2025
26 March 2025
Protesters demonstrate as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is about
Britain / 26 March 2025
26 March 2025
Labour accused of ‘balancing the books off the backs of the poor’ in spring spending statement
Protesters outside the Treasury this evening
Britain / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
Chancellor Reeves' planned public spending cuts will ‘open the door’ for Reform UK, McDonnell warns as campaigners get set to rally outside the Treasury
A far-right protest in Belfast city centre an anti-racism â€
Britain / 24 March 2025
24 March 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a reception to celebr
Editorial: / 20 March 2025
20 March 2025
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall arrives in Downing S
Britain / 17 March 2025
17 March 2025
Disabled people and MPs mobilising against government's ‘appalling’ welfare cuts
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Ra
Britain / 12 March 2025
12 March 2025
Tax rich instead of cutting benefits, PM told
Keir Starmer (front centre) hosts European leaders' summit t
Features / 8 March 2025
8 March 2025
As European leaders compete to increase military spending while threatening welfare cuts, the burden will fall disproportionately on working people and minority communities, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
Members of Unite, Unison, GMB, and the EIS trade unions stag
Voices of Scotland / 25 February 2025
25 February 2025
As we face savage cuts to our pay and conditions while the executive gravy train chugs on, Unite is putting the Scottish government on notice as workers prepare for a massive wave of resistance, writes DEREK THOMSON