Being poor under capitalism doesn’t just mean having less money. It means being charged more for the basics of life. New research by Fair by Design, funded by Trust for London, has found that low-income households in London pay hundreds…
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Nearly one in ten probation hostels in England and Wales have been forced to close because of a staffing crisis, exposing yet another fault line in Britain’s crumbling criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that nine of…
British motorists are continuing to pay inflated fuel prices after global oil prices returned to pre-war levels, exposing once again how capitalism allows corporations to turn every crisis into an opportunity for profit. According to analysis by the Press Association,…
Virgin Media has been hit with a £28 million fine after Ofcom found the company repeatedly made it harder for customers to cancel their contracts, using tactics designed to delay or prevent them from leaving. The regulator found that between…
A trade deal struck between Britain and the United States could force the NHS to divert almost £45 billion away from frontline healthcare over the next decade to pay higher prices for medicines, according to analysis published in the British…
More than £9 billion is now owed to local councils in unpaid council tax across Britain, exposing yet another symptom of the deepening cost of living crisis. Behind the headline figure lies a simple reality: millions of working-class people can’t…
An NHS trust has paid out £187,000 in damages after an employment tribunal ruled in favour of seven nurses who campaigned to have a transgender colleague excluded from the women’s changing room. The dispute centred on a transgender woman employed…
A new analysis commissioned by Amnesty International has put hard numbers on something trans people have known for years. Between January 2020 and April 2025, four of Britain’s biggest newspapers — the Times and Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Sun…
Fraud is becoming a mass phenomenon in Britain. New figures from UK Finance show that more than 4.1 million cases of fraud involving financial losses were reported in 2025, an increase of 31% compared to 2023. Nearly £1.3 billion was…
Polling conducted by YouGov has found that 44% of people in Britain support banning under-16s from social media, reflecting growing public concern about the impact of major online platforms on young people’s lives. The support comes amid mounting evidence of…