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IT IS a measure of the poverty of ruling-class ideology when a Tory prime minister uses the language of the left to win support for his government’s profoundly anti-working class policies.
Yesterday David Cameron spoke of “helping everyone to achieve their full potential,” adding that “there is nothing progressive about racking up debts for our children to pay” and that “the right track is to recognise the causes of stalled social mobility and a lack of economic opportunity.”
“Recognise those causes,” he said, “and the solutions follow.” Except that the causes he identified — family breakdown, debt, addiction, poor schools, a lack of skills, unemployment — are not causes, but symptoms of Britain under the policies of his government and under capitalism in its phase of general crisis.
PHILIP ENGLISH says military spending will not create the jobs young people need — instead, build an economy based around needs, not profit
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE