The Picturehouse cinema strikes are becoming emblematic of the battle for workers’ rights
Today, London workers will strike for better pay and conditions – but their fight is having a wider impact.
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Could China be the new best friend for a post-Brexit Britain?
The G20 meeting this week offers Theresa May – and Labour – the chance to think about how to get the most…
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Bankers’ Alex Crooke on Japan: Value released from corporate change
The Bankers Investment Trust contains a broad mix of global equity stocks.
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Abolishing tuition fees is a wasteful electoral bung – but it works
The policy case for Labour scrapping them is thin. But the political case for abandoning the pledge to remove fees…
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Should we blame art for Brixton’s gentrification?
Artists protest the destruction of local communities, but in doing so make them more desirable places to move to.
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The tale of Battersea power station shows how affordable housing is lost
Initially, the developers promised 636 affordable homes. Now, they have reduced the number to 386.
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After Grenfell, we need to change how we talk about council housing
Services for the poor become poor services.
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If the government can back down on self-employed taxes, why not disability benefit cuts?
A tax rise of £35 a year was called “grossly unfair”. But some disabled people are set to lose that…
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