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October 16, 2020

Reform of Universal Credit could lift 500,000 people out of poverty, says NEF

The package would cost less than the £9.4 billion earmarked for the Job Retention Bonus.
August 28, 2020

MENA billionaires’ wealth has increased by $10 billion since start of pandemic

The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has revealed.
December 24, 2019

Johnson under pressure from voters to deliver on workers’ rights, poll finds

Nearly three-quarters of voters polled say the government must protect and enhance current workplace rights like paid holidays and rights for temporary and agency workers.
December 20, 2019

Call for government to tackle poverty epidemic among single parent families

Single parents will lose an average of £3,800 of their annual net income by 2021/22 as a result of 2010-17 tax and benefit reforms, the biggest loss of all household types in the UK.
September 28, 2019

Illicit flows of money rob poor countries of $416bn a year, says Christian Aid report

Poor nations are being robbed of revenues worth $416 billion per year by 'illicit financial flows’, money that is illegally or abusively earned, transferred or used around the world, Christian Aid has estimated.
August 5, 2019

BMA responds to NHS pensions and funding announcements

The British Medical Association says the government must reverse years of NHS underfunding with sustained investment.
July 17, 2019

Johnson’s US trade deal is a risk to NHS, food standards and a digital tax, say campaigners

Campaigners have warned that Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm to engage in a ‘quick’ US trade deal if he becomes Prime Minister next week, threatens Britain’s public services, food standards and online privacy.
July 8, 2019

UK needs to shift to ‘tax and spend’ economy to fix social injustices, says IPPR

To truly tackle the injustices afflicting society, the UK government should commit to matching European levels of social spending, says the IPPR.
October 18, 2018

Of the world's richest 100 entities, 69 are corporations, not governments

Top corporations continue to accrue revenues far in excess of most governments, says Global Justice Now show. They urge the UK government to support a binding treaty to hold corporations to account at UN in Geneva this week.
October 6, 2018

City of London 'costs UK £4.5tn in lost economic growth'

Report adds to growing evidence that the City of London extracts significantly more wealth from the rest of the UK economy than it contributes.