Grace Blakeley

Grace Blakeley is the author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation. She sits on Labour’s National Policy Forum.

<p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies has called on the Labour Party to be honest with voters about how it plans to pay for its many policy commitments</p>

The big problem with British democracy

<p>The UK is one of the world’s rentier economies par excellence</p>

Truss falls back on Thatcherism that excites her base – but not voters

Healthcare professionals dressed as Boris Johnson and Donald Trump attend a demonstration demanding the NHS be protected from commercial exploitation

The NHS is not up for sale? It’s already been sold

‘Austerity is here to stay’ (Ge

The interest rate rise will directly affect victims of austerity

There are 4.1 million children living in poverty in the UK today – or almost 30 per cent of all children

The rich list tells us that trickle-down economics is a lie

By shifting their profits to subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions, some multinationals have been able to claim that they have made very low profits in the UK, limiting their corporation tax liability

Here is how the UK can reform its broken tax system

Many buy-to-let landlords have benefited from a rise in the amount they are able to charge in rent without a corresponding increase in their costs

Want to end inequality? Raise taxes on wealthy people’s assets