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Opinions clearly vary. Professor Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty commented of the UK, “14 million people, a fifth of the population, live in poverty. Four million […]

Even to ask the question seems absurd. We all know the answer: we have heard it so many times. As David Cameron put it, “To every mother, father, grandparent, uncle, […]

Boris Johnson has promised to usher in a new Golden Age. The UK, he says, will be “clean, green, prosperous, united, confident and ambitious.” The period from 1945-1980 was the […]

Our new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is a big advocate of positive thinking. Indeed its power is at the heart of his plan to deliver Brexit, unite the country, defeat […]

Business guru Peter Fisk has posted this article about 99% on his Genius Works website.  It is a very good summary of what we are all about, so a great […]

The government is delighted with recent figures for employment. Employment Minister Alok Sharma commented, “Our pro-business policies have helped boost private sector employment by 3.8 million since 2010, and as […]

The Guardian reports on former Unilever CEO, Paul Polman’s call for CEOs to become more heroic in their efforts to combat climate change and mass impoverishment. He is clearly right: […]

This Summer could be the busiest ever for UK food-banks, according to the Trussell Trust , the largest provider. Between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, the Trussell Trust’s […]

The publication date for 99%, which was originally 29 August with pre-ordering from 8th, has been brought forward to 8 August. So the book should be in the shops in […]

The problem of millennials struggling to become home owners has been widely documented. But the long-term implications of this have not often been explored. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary […]