UK public debt increased following the bailouts of the banks in the financial crisis 2008. Austerity was the political and economic tool – the neoliberal project – used to reduce the debts incurred in the bailout by cutting public spending. As a consequence, the UK suffered unprecedented cuts across our public services. This is alongside …
Budget, Covid-19 and ethic of care in feeding our childrenRead More »
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), used the phrase “window of opportunity” to describe the international community’s response to Coronavirus. As global fear about the unknown consequences has spread, we’ve seen stock markets take even deeper falls than during the 2008 financial crisis. Some companies are hit by crisis, while …
Covid-19: ‘windows of opportunity’ for a neoliberal pandemicRead More »
Ten million voted for the Corbyn and McDonnell project. The vast majority of young people voted for progressive policies that focus on tackling inequalities, including inequalities in child health, through providing social rights that would reduce food poverty, halve food banks in one year and introduce universal free school meals (primary age). And, this to …
‘BAN eating on public transport, says nanny-in-chief Dame Sally Davies in radical plan to fight obesity’ As she steps down as CMO Dame Sally Davies has given further example of the disconnect between policy and social reality of inequalities. Her call for a banning of eating on buses can be critiqued in many ways. In …
Weight bias in the UK is rife. It has become part of a hostile environment of stigmatisations and discriminations that promotes social divisions and allows inequalities to flourish. Creating social hostility towards specific groups of people can be due to political decisions or unintended consequences of policy. Social issues can become politicised in order to …