Video: Well-dressed protesters gatecrash HMRC boss’s black-tie party
As Dave Hartnett gives his last speech as boss of HM Revenue and Customs, "Vodafone" and "Goldman Sachs" show up to present him with an award in recognition of a…
Has Occupy Had an Impact?
by Luke Martell This week was the first birthday of Occupy Wall Street. It returned to Manhattan to mark the occasion. In the UK, occupations kicked off in the student…
Where is gender in our economic justice?
I recently went to a conference looking at the future of Europe. In one section, a group of us were talking about the kind of economy we'd like to see,…
Green Party ‘clause four’ moment?
It didn't take long to discuss, but one policy motion at today's Green Party of England and Wales conference marked a line in the turf for the party. It is…
Privatisation Reversed? Chile shows the way to reclaim public services
In Chile, a challenge has emerged to the idea that privatisation is permanent. Student led protests and demonstrations have focused on reversing the privatisation of education. Protests in Santiago were…
Are the strikes in South Africa good for platinum producers?
As the dispute continues in Marikana, and appears, if anything, to be spreading to both other platinum mines and to more and more workers at Lonmin, perhaps it's worth taking…
Treasury blames coalition tax cuts for deficit increase
Today the government announced that instead of reporting an expected £ budget surplus, it is instead facing a £557m budget deficit. This news won’t come as much of a surprise…
A Future for the Graduate without a Future
Luke Martell The ‘graduate without a future’i is part of a wider precariat, poorer and with less life chances than their parents. The affluence and welfare state that benefited cohorts…
Empty seats at the Olympics show the reality of corporate Britain
I watched a bit of the Olympics yesterday. The road race cycling seemed to be well attended, even if many of us didn’t get the result we wanted to see.…
HMRC should concentrate on closing tax loopholes, not school children and plumbers
Commenting on David Gauke's criticism of cash-in-hand payments as 'immoral', and the accusation that HMRC are encouraging school children to 'become state spies' and report neighbours who pay too little…