The Pimlico Plumbers case was a win for workers – but there’s a long way left to go
“Limb (b)” workers are the core of the so-called gig economy. The ruling in their favour by the Supreme Court is…
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The Tories will pay a heavy price for Theresa May’s failure to come clean on Brexit
Brexiteers aren’t wrong to fear that a transition period could go on forever, but their alternative won’t work either.
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Here’s why Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t want to take Britain into the EEA
The Labour leader’s views on the EEA aren’t the biggest obstacle Remainers have to overcome, but they are interesting.
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How inequality pollutes the mind – the lessons of The Inner Level
In their new book, the authors of The Spirit Level, Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, reveal the psychological cost of the income…
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There’s something everyone has missed about parliament’s vote on expanding Heathrow
Three little letters.
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The Conservatives are in crisis because “popular capitalism” is no longer possible
The privatisations that underwrote Thatcherism cannot be repeated: there is nothing left to sell.
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The Italian crisis shows why the European left must break with the neoliberal EU
Without a radical realignment, social democrats in Italy and elsewhere face political extinction as racists and populists exploit this moment. …
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US anarchist David Graeber’s crusade against the rise of “bullshit jobs”
In his new book, the LSE professor argues that universal basic income can end the era of “pointless work” and promote…
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