Great Britain Has 9 out of 10 of the Poorest Regions in Northern Europe

Shortly after the U.K. fell from being the world's fifth biggest economy, a new report shows that Britain is, in no unvarnished terms, infested with poverty.

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Royal Wedding Fever Masks Britain’s Escalating Homelessness Crisis

By hustling away homeless people to save Windsor from being seen in an unfavorable light, Britain lost control of its homelessness problem – and revealed a different facet of the country's modern, austerity-driven "brand."

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UK Unites in Protests in response to aggressive western intervention in Syria

On the morning of Saturday, April 14, feelings of dismay, disbelief and division engulfed Britain after the nation awoke to images of RAF tornadoes loaded with missiles taking to the night sky on flight to Syria.

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Threat of Rising Violence In Britain's Streets After Cuts Reduce Police Forces

The steep Tory-led austerity cuts have fostered a national police force that simply doesn't have the budget or resources to tackle rising crime – in particular the hate crimes that exploded after Brexit.

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Bank Closures In Britain Takes Its Toll On Vulnerable Consumers

More and more local branches of banks are closing their doors throughout the U.K., many in rural and less affluent communities, which is having a direct financial impact on residents nationwide.

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Conservatives Make Us Sick: How Relentless Tory Austerity is Wrecking U.K. Healthcare

Hospitals throughout Britain have been operating in chaos in recent weeks, driven by a surge in admissions forcing up to 12-hour delays for patients being treated in emergency wards. A decade of harsh Tory austerity policies are to blame.

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"Nobody Wants You": Trump’s Cancelled U.K. Visit Highlights the Power of Protestors

When news emerged last month that Donald Trump was cancelling his February stop in London, much of the country erupted in elation as campaigners hailed the president’s U-turn from Britain a “huge victory for our movement.”

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Brexit Rebellion Deepens After a Chaotic Year of Failed Negotiation

In an awkward and disconcerting backlash last month, the Democratic Unionist Party told Downing Street that any Brexit agreement that gave Northern Ireland a separate trade regime from the rest of Britain would endanger the U.K. government.

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U.K. Is on Course For the Longest Fall in Living Standards Since Records Began

Even after Britain's “worst decade for productivity growth since 1812 – when Napoleon was busy invading Russia,” the age of austerity is far from over – and the inequality gap in the world’s sixth richest country is only widening.

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Sexual Misconduct Scandals Focus on the Weinsteins, but Largely Ignore Their Poorer Victims

"Women in low-wage jobs, like hotel cleaners or farm workers, experience high levels of harassment because they do not have the bargaining power to push back."

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