Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: Fighting the climate crisis in the courts Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Tessa Khan By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 06 August 2021 With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re spending...
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Blog Why trans liberation is a class issue Fergal O’Dwyer interviewed Nim Ralph about the dangers of ignoring the material conditions that shape trans people’s lives By Fergal O'Dwyer 05 August 2021 This is an article from the third issue of the...
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Blog Big tech’s duty of care Lawyers and doctors have to act in their clients' best interests. What if Facebook and Google had to do the same? By Duncan McCann 03 August 2021 Imagine that you have a serious and embarrassing medical condition, or...
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Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: fast fashion Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Maxine Bédat By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 03 August 2021 With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year, we’re spending five episodes this series...
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Blog Not out of the woods yet Why it's still too soon for the furlough end game By Alex Chapman 02 August 2021 At the end of September the furlough scheme (official name: the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or CJRS) will come to an end. This...
Read More »The countdown to COP26
Blog The countdown to COP26 There are fewer than 100 days to COP26 but the gap between climate ambition and action is as wide as ever By Rebekah Diski 30 July 2021 There are fewer than 100 days until the UK hosts COP26, arguably the most important...
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Blog Levelling up begins with quality public services Short-term funding pots are not enough to fix the damage of austerity. By Beti Baraki, Rose Grayston 29 July 2021 In its 2019 manifesto, the Conservative Party committed to...
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Blog The case for hope Over a year since it began, and despite the vaccine rollout, we still don’t know how the pandemic will play out. But this uncertainty can actually be grounds for hope By Christine Berry 28 July 2021 This is an article from...
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Podcasts Weekly Economics Podcast: how can we tackle the climate crisis while levelling up? Kirsty Styles is joined by Luke Murphy and Rebekah Diski By Kirsty Styles 23 July 2021 With the COP26 global climate conference coming up later this year,...
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