To mark the publication of Ann Pettifor's e-book, Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance, OurKingdom are running a series of articles that explore the nature of money and the politics of the financial system. Here Pettifor launches the series and introduces some of its key
A new report by the Council of Europe provides detailed evidence that austerity measures have corroded civil and political rights and made economic, social and cultural rights less attainable. Will the governments of Europe recognise the social cost of austerity – and can ‘human rights’ work as a
2013 was the year the true nature of this UK Coalition became visible: it hasn't the faintest idea how to mend the economy, and its austerity programme is becoming increasingly aggressive and distasteful. The UK is in a hole, and it's not clear how it's getting out.
Austerity, flags and stagnant parties - Lorcan Mullen updates the rest of the UK on what's been happening in Northern Ireland while we weren't paying attention.
It's not that marriage is good for children, it's that poverty is bad for them. Offering couples tiny tax breaks because they've had a wedding whilst cutting the rest of their benefits is like stealing someone’s car and offering them a bus pass as compensation.
