News Review 15/02/2023
Headlines: *Pakistan Binges on IMF Loans *Taliban Interior Minister Criticises Leadership *Balloon Politics
All posts tagged: austerity
Charities in Britain are Struggling to Cover the Failures of the State
Around half of the 170,000 registered charities in England and Wales provide some form of direct support to people (the other half either work abroad or in research, grant-giving or other areas). Between them they have around 1 million employees, and in 2019-20 they had a total income of £58.7bn, £30bn of which came from […]
The IMF Curse
The Pakistan government is currently negotiating a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure a bailout which it argues is needed to keep its economy afloat. Officials are in talks with the financial institution to unlock the remaining $3 billion from a $6 billion loan programme which the Imran Khan led government agreed […]