Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
George Osborne
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U.K. Opposition to Austerity Is Building As Brexit Economic Concerns Deepen
“We want to send a message to the Tories that their austerity experiment has failed our country, failed our economy and failed our people – and it is time to end it."
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Panama Fallout: Is Britain the Most Corrupt Country in the World? Part II
The British elite's empire did not end – it just went offshore.
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Disabled Activists Occupy Parliament As UK Government Looks "White and Rattled"
The high-profile protest is against the U.K. government’s latest assault on the disabled – which features plans to cut £30 per week from Personal Independence Payments.
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UK Is At Bottom Of O.E.C.D. In Healthcare – But Leaders Still Deny Austerity Is to Blame
Public discontentment with the National Health Service rose in 2014 more sharply than in any other year on record – and Britain now ranks 28th out of 30 among developed countries in terms of the quality of its healthcare.
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UK Lawmakers Revolt, Britain Up In Arms Over Proposed Cuts to Tax Credit Benefits
For the first time in a century, the House of Lords voted down a financial package approved by the House of Commons – as the Green Party's Jenny Jones said, "the proposed changes to tax credits were another example of Tory economic illiteracy."
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Greek Finance Minister: "If I Weren’t Scared, I’d Be Awfully Dangerous"
Is Yanis Varoufakis, the academic turned neophyte politician, entirely comfortable with his new star status?
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As the People of Britain Rise Against Fracking, A U.K. Shale Gas Industry Is Crumbling
Scottish government led the charge last week announcing a moratorium on fracking across Scotland, and widespread public opposition is halting the U.K. government’s plans to drill across Britain.
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The Road to Dissent: New Poll Shows Austerity Fatigue Is Growing In Britain
A new Financial Times survey shows the majority of UK voters believe that instead of using harsh public cuts to peel back the deficit, other forms of extravagant government spending should be abolished.
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Exposed: Major U.K. Financier and Conservative Donor Guilty of LIBOR Rigging
Financial authorities in Britain have uncovered that a major financial supporter of the U.K. government, ICAP's CEO Michael Spencer, is closely tied to the LIBOR rate rigging scandal affecting some $360 trillion worldwide.
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Tax Haven Exposé Pushes Countries to Launch Investigations
Drawing from a leaked trove of 2.5 million digital files, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists opened the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and nearly 130,000 individuals in 170 countries.
