U.K. Opposition to Austerity Is Building As Brexit Economic Concerns Deepen

“We want to send a message to the Tories that their austerity experiment has failed our country, failed our economy and failed our people – and it is time to end it."

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Worries Grow As British Government Vows To Scrap Human Rights Act

The Human Rights Act will be replaced with a so-called British Bill of Rights, a controversial manifesto that was written under the former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government.

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South Manchester Hospital Embodies NHS Success Even As Deep Healthcare Cuts Set In

Stepping Hill Hospital is operating under intense financial pressure – but is still saving lives – as the U.K. government continues to make billions of pounds’ worth of cuts to Britain’s NHS.

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Is Britain’s New Prime Minister more "Radically Right-Wing" Than We Thought?

Theresa May's new Head of Policy had drawn up plans to lower the minimum wage in poorer U.K. regions.

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Universal Credit is Forcing Britain’s Most Vulnerable Into Deeper Poverty and Debt

Claimants are facing hefty delays in receiving benefits and unfair sanctions.

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4 Million and Counting: "Bregret" Brews in Britain As Voters Share Disdain At Being Duped

A petition calling for a second E.U. referendum has garnered more than 4 million signatures.

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Mayoral Candidate Pledges to Make Manchester a "Beacon of Social Justice"

In an attempt to tackle the inequality separating Britain's North and South, Labour MP and mayoral candidate Andy Burnham pledges to improve education, housing and economic wellbeing in Greater Manchester.

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Why A Brexit Would Make Working People Worse Off In Britain

Ordinary working people will pay the price for a Brexit – with the cost of energy bills likely to increase £500 per family per year, car manufacturing and farming jobs being lost, and the hospitality and leisure industries taking a severe hit.

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Funding Crisis Escalates As British Schools Face Sharpest Cuts Since the 1970s

With more teachers being made redundant, class sizes swelling, head teachers wrestling with holes in their budgets, the picture in Britain’s modern-day classrooms is bleak.

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Panama Papers Show How Institutional Corruption In UK Is Perpetuating Wealth Inequality

Great Britain is directly implicated in the scandal, with critics citing the hypocrisy of Tories’ hardline rhetoric on tax avoidance while “soft-pedaling reform" of a global system that easily shields wealth from taxation.

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