IFS warns UK is in ‘wholly uncharted territory’ after Covid crisis

Rishi Sunak will need to find £40BILLION a year in tax rises and spending cuts by the middle of the decade if he wants to balance the books in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, says IFS as it warns UK is in ‘uncharted territory’ Institute for Fiscal Studies said the UK economy is in … Read more

Racism exists in UK because Britons don’t ‘wholly understand’ slave trade history, says academic 

Racism and discrimination exist in UK because Britons don’t ‘wholly understand’ nation’s slave trade history, says National Trust academic National Trust published report on links between slavery and Trust properties  Rita McLean is chair of a group examining how to act upon the findings  In 2007 Ms McLean said: ‘A lot of the problems in society … Read more