The Coronavirus Housing Crisis
The latest recession may not have been caused by housing but it will play a big role in how it unfolds – from tenants facing eviction to bursting debt bubbles and falling house prices.
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They Don’t Really Care About Our Carers
Hollow words from the government can't disguise the reality facing the UK's care workers – underpaid, overworked, insecure and now facing a pandemic without essential protective equipment.
It’s Time to Fully Nationalise the Health Service
The scale of the coronavirus crisis requires decisive action in our health service. It's time to requisition private hospitals, insource all NHS staff and take public control of the production of essential medical equipment.
Tearing Apart Britain’s Safety Net
In the last decade the government has cut a £34 billion hole in Britain's safety net, leaving the unemployed and vulnerable with minimal supports. Coronavirus shows why that was such a huge mistake.
How Outsourcing Undermines the NHS
Recent years have seen an explosion in outsourcing in the NHS, with essential staff like hospital cleaners contracted out for less than a living wage. Now the practice is undermining the fight against coronavirus.
Coronavirus Is the End of the End of History
The coronavirus crisis, and its accompanying recession, will bring about a new political and economic order – but it remains to be seen whether the Left can rise to the historical moment.
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
On this day in 1911 one of the deadliest industrial fires in US history exposed the need for stronger trade unions – and emboldened women garment workers to fight for them.
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
On this day in 1911 one of the deadliest industrial fires in US history exposed the need for stronger trade unions – and emboldened women garment workers to fight for them.
Thank You Jeremy Corbyn
As Jeremy Corbyn bows out with his last Prime Minister's Questions, we remember what his leadership of the Labour Party made possible.
Why Silicon Valley Loves Coronavirus
Coronavirus is the shock that Silicon Valley needed to complete its workplace revolution – with new technologies mediating our daily lives in ways that will be difficult to reverse.
Nudging to Nowhere
The government's disastrous herd immunity strategy owed much to its fabled 'nudge unit' – a relic from an ideological past, when policymakers believed that small changes would solve big problems.
Lavery Hits Back
Right-wing attacks won't stop me from getting the message across to members that now is the time to organise in defence of your communities, writes Labour Party chair Ian Lavery.