Social mobility is doomed as long as education remains the pursuit of privilege
In 2017 Britain remains a deeply divided nation. Those divisions take many forms: class, income, gender, race and…
Wealth
Britain “complicit” in human rights abuses, Corbyn will tell United Nations
The Tories’ support for Britain’s arms industry means it is “complicit” in human rights abuses, Jeremy Corbyn will…
Mark Serwotka: Beware the establishment fightback against a Corbyn government
This week Jeremy Corbyn said Philip Hammond, the chancellor, was right to call the Labour party an “existential…
Gloria de Piero: It’s time to smash the class ceiling in the performing arts
“It’s not enough being talented, these days you need cash.” Steve Coogan’s observation is all too true in…
Corbyn aims for populist message with day of “reckoning” for dodgy financiers
Jeremy Corbyn will today promise a moment of reckoning for “greedy bankers and crooked financiers” if he wins…
Dan Jarvis and Nick Donovan: Enough of balancing the budget on the poor – it is time to consider a one-off wealth tax
By Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central, and Nick Donovan, author of A Unique Contribution, which proposes a one-off…
LabourList readers urge Corbyn to take up bigger role in referendum campaign
LabourList readers want Jeremy Corbyn to be more involved in the pro-EU campaign, a recent poll has shown.…
Note to Jeremy: Use the Panama Papers to show how the Tories rig the deck in favour of the super-rich
The fallout from the Panama Papers has to be about more than David Cameron and criticising the wealthy.…
Taxing unearned assets: the argument for a mansion tax
The Conservative case against Labour for the next election is clear. Taking advantage of the return to economic…
Three brilliant points made by George Osborne
George Osborne is a spectacularly wealthy man. That’s not my biased and tribal assessment of things, or if…