…why did this happen to our children? This rise in child poverty is a change that has not been found to have occurred to the same extent anywhere else in the world, among all the places that the United Nations measures in the same way.
Five years ago I drew a diagram to illustrate why age was such an important factor in determining the result of the previous, 2019, UK General Election.
Thanks to the far-far-right standing in almost every seat in the UK 2024 General Election, Labour is now in power as the party of government.
Avoidable deaths have increased in the UK: the damning data political parties aren’t discussing
In March 2024, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, said:
Britain is a deeply divided nation but a majority of the public, apart from the very richest, hold views that can be interpreted as compassionate towards those struggling in society
July 4th 2024, roll up, roll up, don’t miss out! You could stay at home, but you will miss out!
In The Road to Freedom, Joseph Stiglitz considers the relationship between capitalism and freedom, evaluating democracy, economics and what constitutes a good society.
This article is unusual in that it provides a graphical summary of various aspects of the longer-term crisis that appeared to cumulate in 2022 through to at least early 2024
On 21 March 2024 the latest official poverty statistics for the UK were released.
Five countries are normally included in the Nordic grouping. At first (statistical) glance they can appear very similar.
Thank you so much for the invitation to speak. You might have thought that what I am here to speak about is going to be quite depressing, but I am going to try and make it less so.
The Sun newspaper broke the story of two-year-old Bronson Battersby in January. He was found starved to death curled up next to his father Kenneth.
“It’s funny, but it’s dark, because we know we could be causing our own extinction.”
A research article written by Lucinda Hiam and Danny Dorling, and published in the Review of Social Economy, online, on 29 Feb 2024.