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UK education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that university tuition fees in England are set to rise next academic year, with the maximum fee increasing by £285 to £9,535. This will be the …
English tuition fees rise – but it’s nowhere near enough income to solve universities’ financial crisis Read More
New polling has found that a plurality of the British public support the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI). A UBI is a scheme through which every person in …
Bombshell poll shows more people support Universal Basic Income than oppose it Read More
The government’s ambition to deliver a decade of national renewal will only be possible if it provides £32bn capital funding a year for mayors and local councils, new analysis from …
Mayors and councils need £32bn capital funding injection for decade of renewal Read More
The Labour Party’s largest-ever donation came from a hedge fund that stood to profit from Israel’s war in Gaza, openDemocracy can reveal. Quadrature Capital held $121m worth of shares in …
Firm behind £4m Labour Party donation invested in weapons for Israel Read More
During a recent GB News interview, commentator Jack Rowlett lambasted Keir Starmer’s Government for its apparent “lack of vision”. He told Tom Harwood that the new Government was “all about tax rises…smoking bans, and taking …
The Pro-Trump Money Pushing Libertarian ‘Young Voices’ on British TV Read More
Fossil fuel company Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission for a fracking project in North Yorkshire. And thanks to a gaping loophole in the current moratorium on the environmentally destructive process, it just might …
A fracking project in North Yorkshire tried to dodge emissions requirements laid down by a court Read More
In her recently published book, Tehila Sasson, a modern historian, investigates the origins and impacts of the ideas and implementation of the ‘solidarity economy’. In it, she provides a fascinating …
A solid case Read More
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months of Javier Milei’ s presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a steep rise …
Argentina’s poverty rate spikes in first 6 months of President Milei’s shock therapy Read More
A group of economists has publicly urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her stance on public investment, and relax the Treasury rules that constrain it. They argue in a letter to the …
Economists have urged Rachel Reeves to loosen the purse strings – here’s why it’s not that easy Read More
Ellie Standen explains how levies break, dividends divide and it’s time to take back the power industry into the public sector. Keir Starmer’s Labour Government has promised great things in …
Time for a switch Read More