First 100 Days – Ensuring Gender Equality
Ensuring Gender Equality Dr Diane Elson Diane Elson is the Chair of the UK Women’s Budget Group and Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of Essex. The UK Equality…
It’s Time for Workers on Boards
In an era of slow wage growth, precarious contracts and the looming shadow of Brexit, workers need more voice in the workplace. In 2024, this was recognised by prime minister…
Surveillance: All You Need To Know
Important CCTV & Surveillance Information In the United Kingdom, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and video surveillance security systems are designed to monitor public behaviour and movement. It has been a crucial…
Universal Basic Income in a Post-Virus Britain
A basic income floor would help define our society in the post-coronavirus era, writes economist Stewart Lansley With livelihoods shattered and household incomes heading for unprecedented falls, attention needs to…
This is why junior doctors are protesting
On Saturday 20,000 doctors, nurses and patients marched across London to Parliament Square. The junior doctors’ contract reforms have caused concern throughout the profession. The hardest working junior doctors in…
Making the UK a Good Place to Work: Why We Still Need Collective Bargaining
Last week saw the publication of Understanding Society’s Insights 2025 report, which includes new evidence on low pay and work using findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. It provides…
The significance of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty’s recent book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has captured the popular imagination in a way very few economics books – and almost none that are 700 pages long…
NHS in Turmoil: Relax Immigration Rules for Healthcare Staff
The Brexit soundbite coupled with promises to patch up the NHS with cash and fresh new staff arguably was the golden ticket that won the Conservative Party a majority in…
Why we need rent control
On the issue of rent control people tend to slip from maths and economics to ideology without realising they are doing it. Otherwise-respected economists are so wedded to free markets…
Brexit induced xenophobia and racism: how bad is it and what needs to be done?
Xenophobia and racism isn’t new and was very much an issue to be tackled before the EU referendum, but with the spike in street harassment and hate crimes post Brexit…
Close Tax Loopholes for the Rich and Powerful
There are few things that anger the public more than the rich and powerful dodging taxes the rest of us have no choice but to pay. The release of the…