How Conservative complacency left schools to rot
In 2003 Labour aimed to refurbish all of England’s secondary schools, but in 2010 the Tories dropped the project.
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In 2003 Labour aimed to refurbish all of England’s secondary schools, but in 2010 the Tories dropped the project.
ByCrumbling schools exemplify an age of private affluence and public squalor.
ByThe loss of 42 bus services in the West Country is a symptom of the austerity that the Tory MP…
ByAgeing facilities, cash-strapped councils and private competitors risk making swimming a luxury in Britain – and put swimmers in danger.
ByThe loss of a service for unpaid carers in Tower Hamlets, east London, reveals how austerity is still scuppering Britain’s recovery.
ByGrassroots responses to homelessness, like the radical alternative DOPE magazine, expose the scale of the crisis.
ByWarrington opened new premises on an industrial estate this week to meet surging demand.
ByAnother blow to rehabilitation of the prison population.
ByWhen Kate Somers woke up after the complicated birth of her third child, she was handcuffed on a short chain to…
ByPhilip Alston found elements of the new Universal Credit welfare system “problematic”, “harsh” and “unnecessary”.
By“If people had a chance to come to a place like this, they could get away from their life on…
ByThis year alone, Poundworld, Toys “R” Us and Maplin have gone bust, while Carpetright, New Look and Mothercare are trying…
ByAusterity cuts by the Ministry of Justice have led to the closure of 230 crown, county and magistrates’ courts since 2010,…
ByAs cyclists and drivers are endangered, politicians too could be toppled by the deteriorating state of our roads.
ByFleetwood was once the third biggest fishing port in Britain but its industry has all but disappeared – and the museum keeping its memory…
ByFrom a child at the High Court to pensioners planning a sit-in, Desborough residents are challenging Northamptonshire’s closure of 21 libraries.
ByThe ever-tightening squeeze on social care is just one way in which austerity is affecting my patients.
ByWith two-thirds of children’s centres closing, West Somerset has the worst social mobility in the country – and families are…
ByThe first in a New Statesman series examining the reality of the age of austerity – and how it is affecting people’s lives.
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