WEU News Articles

The debate over school funding in England is often framed purely as a cost to taxpayers. However, economic evidence increasingly shows that investment in education delivers long-term benefits for ...

England is now facing a national disgrace created by consecutive British Governments. Working families are falling into poverty at rates normally associated with far weaker economies. [Read Part 1...

For generations, working people across England and Britain were sold a simple promise: - work hard, play by the rules, and your family would stay above the poverty line. That promise is collapsing....

The horrifying Hampshire rape case, where teenage boys convicted of raping young girls escaped immediate custody, has reignited a debate that reaches far beyond sentencing. At the heart of the publ...

In Part 1 'Schools at financial breaking point', and why England Cannot Afford to Let Education Run on Empty.The debate over school funding in England is often framed purely as a cost to taxpayers....

England’s labour market is moving steadily towards crisis. Vacancies are collapsing, unemployment is rising, and workers across the country are facing growing insecurity as economic pressures deep...

England Cannot Afford to Let Education Run on Empty. Part 1: Funding Crisis Deepens Head teachers across England are warning that schools are being pushed towards financial breaking point as risi...

  For decades, workers across England have paid into a system where most UK tax revenue is raised in England, collected centrally by the British government and then redistributed across the United...

The Government’s decision to include Digital ID in the King’s Speech under the so-called “Digital Access to Services Bill” should alarm every worker, every Trade Unionist, and every citizen in Engl...

Most people in England still believe the British government spends their taxes mainly on English public services. The reality is very different. Catch up on Part 1 As mentioned in the previou...