Workers' rights: how a landmark UN decision on safety and health will actually affect employees
The ILO decided a safe and healthy work environment should be a fundamental right at its June 2022 conference.
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Rail strikes: words used to describe unions misrepresent the truth about how they work
The UK could be facing a summer of strikes, but inaccurate language affects public understanding of how unions work.
Rising prices: why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable
Shutterstock/marilyn barboneAs prices rise, everywhere, for pretty much everything, the prospect of the human suffering this will cause is deeply worrying.
Crypto crash: market volatility is testing investor will but crypto-enthusiasts still see a future for the asset class
Significant losses have caused a crypto market exodus, but for how long? Andrey Gorgots/ShutterstockBitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, remains a bellweather for the sector.
Train strike: UK government's plan to replace strikers with agency workers failed in 2015 – it still won't work today
As the UK government faces the prospect of a summer of strikes, it has reintroduced plans to change the law so agency workers can be hired to replace striking workers.
How the Ukraine war is benefiting Russian insurers – and pushing up insurance premiums everywhere
Another thing getting more expensive. jirsakAn EU/UK plan to ban their insurers from providing cover to ships transporting Russian oil is causing tensions with Washington.
How certainty helps immigrants integrate and contribute more to the local economy
What role does long-term certainty play in immigration policy? Asiandelight/ShutterstockImagine Ania, a Ukrainian immigrant who arrived in Berlin, Germany in the spring of 2022 with her teenage son. At the moment, the 2001 Temporary Protection Directive provides them with the reassurance that they can stay for one year.
Is a major recession unavoidable? Three economists give their views
It's not looking good.
The latest Bank of England rate rise won't do much to tackle inflation - here's what could work
There wasn’t much dramatic tension as markets waited for the Bank of England’s latest decision on interest rates. The fifth monthly quarter-point hike in a row was largely expected, taking the base rate to 1.25% in June 2022. All the announcement really revealed, in fact, was what a mess UK economic policy is in.
Neither the Bank of England, nor the government, is now helping to deal with Britain’s economic problems. A more rational approach to monetary and fiscal policy is needed.
British farmers are being offered a lump sum payment to leave the industry – but at what cost to agriculture?
Shutterstock/chrisbrignellFarming is one of the oldest professions in the world. And in the UK, the people who farm are a part of a rapidly ageing workforce. Four in ten British farmers are over 65, while the average age is 59.
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