Delivering Insecurity – the Boom in Online Retail and its Impact on Workers
There’s been a bit of interest recently in the poor service and exploitative working conditions offered up by delivery companies.
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Towards an end to absentee landlords
An open letter to Andrew Allner, chairman of the Go Ahead Group, ultimately responsible for the Southern Railways franchise. Dear
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Why the Southern rail crisis matters for all public services
Only a fortnight ago, and so much has happened since. I wrote an open letter to the chief executive of
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And in other developments…
This has been a bit lost in the Brexit aftermath. But it is an important guide to the right-wing agenda
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What will happen when Leave voters see their problems getting worse?
Lindsay Mackie writes: The vote has happened. And, many millions of people voted to Leave for what they believed were
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We are all in this together: Vote In
The picture in the window of this small, independent shop keeps the referendum message simple. We may each have different
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Europe IN 250 words: What would Mrs Thatcher do?
Mrs Thatcher was a Remainer. She criticised the EU up hill and down dale – but she would never have quit. The former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez tells all to the New Weather Institute.
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On immigration Brexit is like an advertising campaign promoting national, political body dysmorphia
On the subject of immigration Brexit is like an advertising campaign to promote the national equivalent of body dysmorphia (anxiety
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Europe IN 250 Words – The Last Gasp of Fleet Street
Today Michael White, all-seeing political commentator on The Guardian, writes about the last gasp of Fleet St as the old
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Europe IN 250 words: ‘Bigger, faster & more’ for the few, or a better world for all? New Weather argues on the BBC the need for European coordination
From returning finance to useful economic and social purpose, to tackling climate change and reversing inequality, European-wide coordination is vital.
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