Poverty Is a Policy Choice
14.5 million people in Britain live in poverty, exposing the vast holes in our social safety net – this isn’t an accident, it’s the result of a welfare system which denies people the means to live a dignified life.
6 Articles by:
Aidan Harper
Aidan Harper is a researcher at New Economics Foundation.
Don’t Let Your Boss Spy on You
The shift to working from home has massively increased the capacity of bosses to spy on their workers, with new surveillance technologies becoming mandatory – it’s time to organise to protect our autonomy at work.
To Save the Economy, We Need a Four-Day Week
The economic impacts of the Covid crisis are likely to be felt for many years to come. If we want an alternative to stagnating wages and unemployment, it’s time to fight for a four-day week.
After Coronavirus, it’s Time to Reduce the Working Week
Previous crises have led to wholesale changes in the world of work, and coronavirus can be no different – this is the moment to fight for reduced working hours with no loss in pay.
Defending Our Unions
Another Tory government means another wave of attacks on our unions, beginning with transport workers. There’s only one way to respond – building a mass movement to fight for workers’ rights.
It’s Time to Shorten the Working Week
Faced with a deep economic and ecological crisis, we need to build a movement to cut working hours without reducing pay.