New Report: Local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
A new report has been published today exploring local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID Capitalism: Continuity or Change?
Scott Lavery discusses ‘five Cs’ – COVID, Capitalism, Collaboration, Continuity and Change – and how they shed light on the political economy of COVID-19
New reports: How local areas across the UK responded to household food insecurity during COVID-19
New reports explore local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
Understanding Britain’s private debt epidemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the indebted nature of Britain into the spotlight once again – but this is a problem with much deeper historical roots, argues Joshua White.
New report: Risk of forced labour in clothing industry rises due to pandemic and industry response
Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced labour, according to a new report from the University of Sheffield.
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Part 2: How to reign in Big Tech and cure ‘fake news’ without killing free speech
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Covid-19, ‘fake news’ and the future of platform regulation
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Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies
As we slowly emerge from the second lockdown and prepare with hope for the new year, I thought it timely […]
Households’ financial capability: debt and resilience amidst the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic burst in the midst of an already agitated geopolitical scenery punctuated by the fallout of Brexit and turbulent trade wars