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Tax Cuts For The Rich, Benefit Cuts For The Poor?
Following news that benefits may rise with earnings, not inflation, Sian Norris and the Byline Intelligence Team asks: who will be hardest hit? And is this an inequality economy?
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The Class Ceiling: Liz Truss’ Cabinet Offers the Illusion of Equality
Despite the racial and ethnic diversity of the Prime Minister’s top team, this counts for little if ordinary people of colour continue to suffer, says Taj Ali
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Household Debt, Problem Debt, and a Cost of Living Crisis
Sian Norris and the Byline Intelligence Team look at rates of debt and problem debt in the UK, as families turn to loans to make ends meet
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Seven Decades of Social Progress – But is the UK Heading Backwards?
The Byline Intelligence Team digs into the story of the past 70 years in data
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People With Eating Disorders ‘Struggling’ as Cost of Living Crisis Batters Britain
The choice between heating and eating will have a big impact on those suffering from an eating disorder, warns Emily Chundy
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Appointment Shows Truss’ Government Is Captured by the Hard Right
The UK’s new Prime Minister is surrounding herself with hardline figures who were previously on the fringe of the Conservative movement, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Dysfunction in Poverty, House Insulation and Energy Pricing Existed Long Before Current Crisis’
The acclaimed public health academic spoke to Adrian Goldberg for the Byline Times Podcast
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The Rich are Getting Richer – and They Spend Their Money on Power
Sascha Lavin examines how, even in this cost of living crisis, the rich keep getting richer – and they use their cash for political leverage
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How the Energy Crisis Became a Crisis of the High Street
While the Conservative leadership election drags on, local newspaper coverage reveals widespread closures of cafes and restaurants, threatening the recovery of the high street, reports Sian Norris
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Truss’ Attitude to Workers is a Medieval Mindset With a Modern Day Makeover
AV Deggar argues that the Conservative Party’s beliefs about a work-shy population echo a bygone age
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The Conservative Leadership Contest has Exposed the Big Lie About Brexit
Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov
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Vulnerable Migrants Cut Out of Cost of Living Support
The ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition means migrant people who are destitute or on very low incomes will not be entitled to Government help
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Energy Giants Pay £172 Million as a Result of Corporate Violations in Last 12 Years
Sam Bright tracks the penalties imposed by regulators on the UK’s dominant energy providers
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Liz Truss: A Prime Minister for the Super-Rich
The number one priority of the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson, is to protect the bottom lines of energy bosses pushing millions into poverty, reports Adam Bienkov
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Trussonomics Will Worsen Inflation and Cost of Living Inequalities, Say Top Economists
Sascha Lavin picks the brains of leading thinkers on the economic plans of the Conservative leadership frontrunner
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How a Cost of Living Crisis Fuels a Healthcare Crisis
Mental and physical health are all at risk when energy costs go up again, reports Sian Norris
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Class War – One of Disabled People’s Many Battles
Penny Pepper explains why class continues to be so oppressive for working-class disabled people
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A ‘Cycle of Trauma’: Violence Against the Homeless Met with Institutional Inaction
The threat of abuse constantly lurks in the homeless community, with virtually no recourse for those affected
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The Diversity Mirage and the Next Prime Minister
To truly achieve the political representation of disadvantaged and overlooked groups, a more nuanced and inclusive debate is needed, says Shafi Musaddique
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The Perils of a Renewed Age of Austerity
Sascha Lavin explores why tax-cuts promised by the Conservative leadership hopefuls are even more dangerous after 12 years of austerity
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The Tory Leadership Election Epitomises the British Class Divide
The race to be Prime Minister has been laced with social snobbery and active hostility toward the poor, says Taj Ali
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The Party of Oligarchs: How Big Money Came Back to Rule British Politics
Sascha Lavin examines whether millionaire politicians are bad for democracy
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Benefit Claimants Paying Government Debt Deductions Struggle to Buy Essentials
The policy of the Government taking debt deductions out of people’s Universal Credit payments is exacerbating the cost of living crisis for most vulnerable, Sian Norris reports
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How the ‘Big Society’ Commodified Poor People
TJ Coles inspects how David Cameron’s widely-scorned idea ended up institutionalising a smaller state
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‘One Big Bag of Lies’, Says Reality Show Family Nadine Dorries Accused of Being ‘Paid Actors’
The Culture Secretary has made baseless, harmful claims about people experiencing deprivation, according to one of the participants in the Channel 4 show
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Sunak Takes Cost of Living Action As Polling Shows Public Anger at Lack of Government Help
New polling by Omnisis for Byline Times shows cross-party hostility towards the Chancellor’s inertia over rapidly rising household costs
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Children’s Social Care Cannot Be Reformed Without Recognising the Impact of Poverty and Austerity
Following 12 years of cuts, is it any wonder that the children’s social care sector is in trouble? A new review misses some of the key structural causes
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The Great Escape: How a City Exodus is Creating New Housing Crises in Satellite Towns
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin explore how the ‘Zoomtowns’ phenomenon is putting a burden on local property markets
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‘We Can’t Live Like This’: Universal Credit Falls Short of Cost of Living Price Hikes
Rising energy bills, increased food costs – and yet benefits have not risen with inflation, leaving families struggling to make ends meet, Sian Norris reports
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Food Bank Britain
Rachel Morris considers the malaise of modern Britain as the Conservatives initiate Austerity 2.0
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‘Levelling-Up’ Is Dying in Johnson’s Desert of Ideas
As the nation nears the three year mark of Johnson’s Government, it’s time to be honest about the collapse of his flagship project, says Sam Bright
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The Shocking Divides Between London and the Rest of Britain
Sam Bright details some of the key findings from his new book, on the extreme imbalances between London and other parts of the country
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Renters Hit Hardest by Cost of Living Crisis
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that renters are more likely to be struggling to make ends meet than those with mortgages
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Crime and Punishment: Lived Reality is Now Divorced From Electoral Politics
Sam Bright considers why, after years of stagnating wealth and declining health in Britain, the Conservative Party hasn’t seen its support slump sooner?
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Rishi Sunak’s Plan to Soften Blow of Universal Credit Cut has been a £1 Billion Bust
Nic Murray explores the Chancellor’s underfunded and misjudged scheme to help deprived families make ends meet
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Young People As Prime Targets: Student Loan Hike is the Latest Frontier of the Conservative ‘Culture War’
By allowing student loan debt to soar, the Government is seeking yet more division between young and old, says Maheen Behrana
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The Non-Dom Conservative Oligarchy
Playboys and plutocrats are now the natural constituency of Boris Johnson’s party, argues Sam Bright
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Levelling Down: Government Energy Inaction Will Hit the Poorest People and Regions
Spiralling household costs will undermine Boris Johnson’s promises to ‘Red Wall’ voters, reports Thomas Perrett
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Wheat Wars: How the Conflict in Ukraine is Afflicting North Africa
Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton consider the ways in which violence in Ukraine may provoke social and economic unrest across the globe
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Rishi Sunak’s Russian Hypocrisy Shows Who he is Really Protecting
The Chancellor told UK firms to cut ties with Russia – while his own family has kept hundreds of millions of pounds of shares in a company still operating in Moscow
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All the Bad News Rishi Sunak Buried in his Spring Statement
Finer details in the Chancellor’s budget statement reveal that taxes will rise, incomes will fall, and the young and poor will pay the price
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Sunak Claims Poverty is Down Under the Tories – But Relative Poverty is Up
Though absolute poverty has decreased since 2010, relative poverty is rising just as the cost of living crisis starts to bite, reports Sian Norris
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Aid Cuts Bite Back: Crisis in Ukraine Risks Fuelling Humanitarian Crises Around the World
Aid organisations are warning that a perfect storm of UK aid cuts, war in Ukraine, rising wheat costs and existing famines risks death and suffering worldwide, as Sian Norris reports
