Why Remainers shouldn’t mock Brexiteers over the lorry driver shortage
The inconvenient truth is that employers have used migrant labour to reduce wages and standards.
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UK retailers report lowest level of stock since 1983
Worker shortages, coupled with the effects of Covid-19 and Brexit, have left shelves empty across the industry.
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Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl
A video by the World Economic Forum promotes a sterile, digitally-driven society that sacrifices the joys of being human.
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Yanis Varoufakis: “If I were Scottish I’d vote for independence”
The former Greek Finance Minister on European politics after five years of Brexit negotiations
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How ultra-low interest rates became the new normal
The Bank of England reduced rates to near zero in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and they have…
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A windfall for the old: The injustice of triple lock pensions
The Conservatives’ refusal to consider tweaking the triple lock to reflect economic reality is an act of generational apartheid: socialism…
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How the cost of HS2 has surged
The high-speed rail project is now expected to cost at least £107.7bn, up from £32.7bn in 2012.
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Is the neoliberal era finally over?
As free-market globalisation recedes, countries from the US to the UK to China are embracing national capitalism.
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