How Taxpayers Lose Out While Private Profits Soar Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are often sold as efficient, innovative solutions to deliver essential public services. In practice, many of these deals in the UK have brought ballooning costs, poor outcomes, and handsome profits for private firms. Worse, some of these companies have links to politicians and use … Read more
Behind the social housing shortfall lies a tangled web of funding gaps, land hoarding, and political short-termism. In Britain today, more than 1.2 million households are on social housing waiting lists. Meanwhile, council housing stock has been shrinking for decades. Despite a mounting crisis in affordability and homelessness, local authorities have failed to replace homes … Read more
Neoliberal Contradictions and the New Authoritarianism Populist Gains Amid Labour’s Decline. Reform UK’s electoral advances are a textbook example of populist strategy. By positioning themselves as the authentic voice of ordinary people betrayed by the political establishment, Farage and his party have successfully tapped into public anger and disillusionment. This is especially evident in traditional … Read more
