Polly Toynbee est une journaliste et écrivaine britannique dont le journalisme se caractérise par une forte conviction social-démocrate et la défense de politiques plus à gauche. Dans ses textes, elle se concentre sur les questions sociales et promeut activement le changement sociétal. Son style est pénétrant et analytique, incitant souvent à une réflexion plus profonde sur les inégalités sociales et la politique. Son écriture est appréciée pour son honnêteté intellectuelle et sa quête de progrès.
Britain has the lowest social spending and the highest poverty in Europe. As the income gap between top and bottom has widened, so social mobility has shuddered to a halt. The low-paid are caught in an economic double bind that victimises them and shames the rest of us.
An authoritative survey of 2010-20: what went wrong, what went right, and what's next for Britain.
Don't mistake David Cameron for a bland PR man. Despite coalition compromises, he has turned out to be more radical than Margaret Thatcher. She privatised industries. But he planned to dismantle the welfare state itself - starting with the NHS. The cuts signalled an assault on Britain's post-war social settlement. Children, young people and the poor are bearing the brunt. Social welfare, police, council services, housing and legal aid are under fierce attack. Will it succeed? Writing with their trademark incisiveness and wit, Toynbee and Walker report how a party that failed to wi.
What is the state? And what's it ever done for you? In this book, the author travels around Great Britain gathering the voices of the people who make up the state: nurses and patients, teachers and parents, policemen and civilians. It lays bare the deliberate dismantling of the public sector and its consequences.
Two acclaimed journalists examine the state of the country in light of this year's election.
One of the most respected, prolific and razor-sharp voices in social commentary uses the prism of her extraordinary family to examine the true state of class in Britain.
