Con-Dems’ cuts continue to hit disabled the hardest

Disability policy should not be written without listening to the wants and needs of those affected, says RABINA KHAN

People must be at the centre of the economic equation

Humanity is all but forgotten in today’s austerity Britain, says Paul Donovan

Greece election: Eurozone finance chief warns Athens to stick with austerity

Austerity vision is of a 1930s Britain

Zoe Hennessy explores how an ideological war against the welfare state is turning the clock back on hard-won gains in employment and housing

Council bus funding cuts are creating a crisis

Cuts in council funding for bus services are creating a “crisis” leaving people stranded and unable to travel particularly in rural areas, campaign

More than one million shunted off jobseeker’s allowance claimant list

The number of unemployed people unable to claim jobseeker’s allowance has smashed through the million mark for the first time ever.

Edinburgh's new cuts prompt calls for emergency funds

Unison members in Edinburgh called on the Scottish government yesterday to provide emergency funding for local authorities in the wake of the city

Sheffield College set to strike over job cuts

Lecturers at Sheffield College in Yorkshire voted overwhelmingly yesterday for strike action in defence of their jobs.

Merkel advances ‘common agenda’

But cracks could appear on immigration policy

Salford council workers donate food to austerity victims

SALFORD City Council staff donated 1,100 kilograms of food to help victims of government austerity over Christmas, it was revealed yeste