Is low pay the result of government policies?

by | Sep 17, 2017

This week Robert Peston, ITV’s political editor, tweeted, “It is EXTRAORDINARY AND SHOCKING that un This week Robert Peston, ITV’s political editor, tweeted, “It is EXTRAORDINARY AND SHOCKING that unemployment falls to new record low of 4.3%, lowest since ’75, but...

The Rural Coffee Caravan and the economy of the common good

by | Sep 8, 2017

The countryside and villages of Suffolk are archetypally English. The countryside and villages of Suffolk are archetypally English. Gentle hills, broad-leaf woods, a landscape plotted, ploughed and planted with the seasons; its villages pargetted and pink-washed, its...

Holiday hunger, period poverty, and economic justice

by | Sep 7, 2017

In recent years a range of new expressions have been added to our language which, although developed with good intentions to highlight specific and particularly distressing aspects of poverty In recent years a range of new expressions have been added to our language...

A social memetic to save the NHS

by | Sep 2, 2017

The National Health Service is failing. The National Health Service is failing. Years of underfunding, over-expenditure and reorganisation have left the service struggling. Reports show a £2.45 billion deficit. Regardless of ‘record investment’, the gap...