The UK suffers the worst recession of any G7 country
Britain has now recorded the largest fall in GDP of any major country as well as the highest excess death rate in…
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Zero-hours contracts reach record level as 730,000 jobs are lost
The falls in employment are greatest among the youngest and oldest workers, along with those in lower-skilled jobs.
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Jobseekers face exploitation as online recruitment is riddled with fake news
In such a dire jobs market, the fantasy of employment is highly lucrative – with fake vacancies and hiring stories going…
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Why Keir Starmer should be happy about the polls – and worried about Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader has cause for optimism in the polling, but there is one cloud on the horizon.
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Britain’s governments have less time than they think to make a decision on schools
If you want to be able to reopen schools safely in September, you need to be reopening more cautiously in…
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The British government’s national food strategy is a step in the right direction
The proposals would help eliminate childhood hunger and guarantee agricultural standards after Brexit.
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Why Poland’s “win” on the EU climate budget rings hollow
Analysts say Prime Minister Morawiecki’s latest evasion of the 2050 net-zero goal is no real victory for Warsaw.
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Why the government should consider extending the furlough scheme
If medical advances mean that society no longer needs to adapt to a prolonged period of social distancing, the case for…
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