Up to 2,500 jobs in core super market supply chains could be at risk in the wake of the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda, analysis by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found. Sainsbury’s have reportedly claimed that the merger could lead to lower prices of up to 10%for consumers. Direct job losses and store closures have been ruled out, but it has been reported that lower...
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Capitalism needs a purposeThe biggest problem with capitalism is a dependency on increased spending, writes Alfie Stirling for International Politics and Society Fishing waters patrols after Brexit dismissed as ‘posturing’Chris Williams spoke to the Financial Times about the dramatic cost of proposals to patrol 200 nautical miles of ocean.
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Every week in the news there is a story about how our nation’s health is getting worse and the NHS is struggling. There is an urgent need for change in our health system. At the same time, there is a...
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Brexit is being presented as a beacon of hope for fishers. Many in coastal communities are looking to Brexit to lift them out of the economic hardship in which they feel trapped. But modelling from the...
Read More »The new fisheries policy that wasn’t
After months of delay, allegedly due to power struggles with the devolved administrations, a leaked copy of Defra’s White Paper on a new post-Brexit UK fisheries policy is ready for consultation. Well,...
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Only a few weeks ago, five properties in the seaside village of Hemsby, Norfolk, were demolished due to severe coastal erosion; and many remain at risk, after strong storms slashed away six metres of...
Read More »Fish Dependence Day 2018
You can download a summary of this year’s fish dependence day findings...
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According to the latest figures released by the OECD, for the first time in six years foreign investment by UK residents in the rest of the world (outward investment) exceeded what the UK economy...
Read More »Housing: a new common sense?
Last week Labour launched Housing for the Many, outlining the party’s plans to fix the UK’s broken housing system. In recent years, a succession of green and white papers, and legislation, have...
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