What are the salaries of workers going on strike in the UK?
Rail workers, nurses and paramedics aren’t paid as much as people think.
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In my great-great-grandfather’s poetry, I glimpse the Britain I report on today
George Lattimer, a trade unionist in Victorian London writing about fair pay and the workhouse, would still have plenty of…
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Climate activists take the brunt of police crackdown on protests
Exclusive data analysis by the New Statesman exposes a disproportionate rise in police intervention in climate change protests.
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A history of snowfall in the UK
Is the dream of a “white Christmas” over?
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Sixty per cent of Brits earning £80,000-£100,000 say they’re “about average”
Highly paid people tend to see themselves as “normal” on the income scale – and “worse off” than their social…
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Is Britain losing faith in its “national religion”?
As ambulance workers and nurses walk out on an ailing NHS, the public’s attitude towards the health service is changing.
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Misery in the middle aisle: how Britain made budgeting a luxury this Christmas
The usual pressure to splurge this season is now disguised in the language of smart spending.
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The Rwanda deal has been ruled lawful – but it’s bad news for this government
The Home Secretary would have to examine each asylum seeker’s case, defeating the point of the scheme.
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