Trade unions must be at the heart of the debate on living standards
Class, unionstogether and the Trade Union Group of MPs (TUG) are collaborating on a series of regional events to discuss the living standards crisis and the steps that should be…
Labour Market Realities: Barriers Facing Young People
The latest labour market figures, released today, shows unemployment falling but the reality is different for both workers and jobseekers. Young people continue to face huge barriers finding work and…
Mayism and Trumponomics – A New Economic Order?
Today’s meeting between prime minister Theresa May and president Donald Trump is being billed as the revival of the UK-US ‘special relationship’ – the beginning of a new trade era…
Why Don’t We Care About Growing Inequality?
We are witnessing a surge in news reporting and scholarly interest in inequality. Most people now know some stylized facts about the unequal distribution of income and wealth. Throughout the…
This cannot be the end for Covid support
The government has belatedly taken heed of trade union pressure for a short-time working scheme to support workers during the Covid-19 pandemic with the launch of the Job Support Scheme.…
Workers’ Rights Bill Could Tilt Scales Away from Bad Bosses
If you wanted to devise a system of employment rights that handed power to unscrupulous employers at the expense of low-paid insecure workers, the UK one is pretty much ideal.…
The media should not be concentrated in a few powerful hands
Throughout Europe a deterioration of media diversity has occurred in recent years. In Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania, there is a significant overlap of media, economic and political interests, while in…
The fight for decent, affordable homes must not be abandoned
One of Labour’s only successes in the General Election was, according to Ipsos Mori, increasing their share of the vote among private renters by 10 percentage points. Despite its flaws,…
Day 3: Student debt
Student debt, leaving university early and feeling uncertain about the future. Student debt came up in almost all of the interviews we conducted, which is unsurprising when you consider the…
The jobs figures: even if it’s a blip, it’s a worrying one
In the corridors of Westminster, you may hear a faint cackle, halfway between a laugh and a groan. Trace where it comes from and you’ll reach the door marked “Opposition…