The Recession – What does it mean for us?

With bosses telling ordinary people to tighten their belts, and disposable income falling by 15% the recession is beginning to hit working people hard. The question of how we respond is becoming more pressing. In light of this People Before Profit are holding a discussion with Paul Mason and Graham Turner on The Recession – [...]

Pensions protest 22 October

 
The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is one of the organisations backing a lobby of parliament on Wednesday 22 October. It will call for decent state pensions for all generations. The lobby is specially relevant as fuel bills go though the roof. The NPC has claimed that the announcement that energy bills may rise later in [...]

Inflation soars, wages still held down

 
The past few days have emphasised the centrality of the issues raised in the People Before Profit Charter.
Official inflation figures released yesterday (12 August) show the CPI measure of inflation at 4.4 percent. So the government’s own preferred statistic demonstrates that Gordon Brown’s 2-2.5 percent pay limit is half the rate of inflation.
At the same [...]

People Before Profit Charter

Inflation and recession are now tightening their grip on the economy with every day that passes. Working people face rapidly increasing prices, especially for food and fuel; government led pay restraint; rising unemployment and a disastrous housing crisis.
At the same time the super-rich continue to enjoy huge profits, salaries and bonuses – yet pay less [...]