by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Aug 12, 2025 | Articles
The UK is at a crossroads. This government inherited the dire legacy of a lost decade of cuts, austerity and underinvestment. The 2010s saw average real pay fall: the first decade in which this has happened since before the Second World War. Meanwhile, since 2010,...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Jul 16, 2025 | News
This afternoon, I was informed by Downing Street that I have been stripped of my role as the UK’s Trade Envoy to Ghana for voting against cuts to disability benefits. Trade Envoys have historically been chosen as the person best suited to boost relations and trade...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Oct 19, 2022 | Articles
On a recent visit to Norwood and Streatham Foodbank. Photo credit: Phil Ross IMF analysis recently found that people in the UK are seeing the biggest hit to household income of any Western European country. This is not a coincidence. After twelve years of Tory rule,...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 11, 2021 | Parliamentary Work
The pandemic has shown how a decade of austerity eroded the foundations of our economy and our society. Budget 2021 was a missed opportunity to launch a green, equitable recovery to put people on a secure footing and address a decade of debilitating inequality. Rather...
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