Stephen Colegrave reports on how COVID-19 only intensifies the disparity of wealth, health and opportunity that is driving the UK apart.
In new comments unearthed by Byline Times from a speech the Prime Minister delivered in early February, Johnson said COVID-19 would cause “real and unnecessary economic damage” beyond “what is medically rational”.
Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King’s College London, explains why we don’t need to turn a health crisis into an economic depression.
Mike Buckley considers the disadvantages of the Government schemes announced to support the employed and self-employed and whether a universal basic income might be the way forward.
Gareth Roberts argues that the Chancellor must not revert to type after the COVID-19 pandemic eases and preside over the continued under-funding of public services.
Stephen Colegrave on why using austerity to justify the right-wing claim that the ‘cure is worse than the disease’ is so damaging in the fight against the Coronavirus.
Otto English reports on how the COVID-19 outbreak has revealed the worst of corporate greed, as employees are left without their salaries being paid and are told to rely on Government support.
Christina Patterson explores how she is coming to terms with our terrible new reality – and the snatches of beauty within it.
In the third part of his investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how laissez-faire attitudes have hampered a proper response to the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
Nafeez Ahmed on evidence that Boris Johnson’s Government was more focused on saving money than lives when it came to issues such as school closures.
Mike Buckley provides an analysis of why he believes the Government’s first budget – and the pressures of the Coronavirus outbreak – will be unable to satisfy its new Red Wall Conservative voters.
Stephen Delahunty reports on why the Chancellor’s £330 billion rescue package for businesses won’t be enough to stop the hospitality industry from going under due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Stephen Colegrave investigates whether the new UK Government support package is going to help the working population or just prop up big business.
Army veteran Steve Jones reports from the hidden frontline in Stoke on the battle against the COVID-19 outbreak, now raging in shops, homes and hospitals.
The COVID-19 outbreak is causing significant concern for the global economy and individual households.
James Melville on how the £200 billion cost of four years lost growth equals the entire UK contribution to the EU budget since it joined.
If the Coronavirus takes hold in the UK, how would the economy be impacted and why is the Government not reassuring businesses?
Jonathan Portes on why ideology, short-termism and a relentless focus on Brexit has resulted in economic hardship continuing in the UK long after the Coalition Government.