A ‘hard Brexit’ appears increasingly likely.
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American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they’ll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer.
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Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
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It’s easy, now, to think of this as Theresa May’s story – but Thatcher, Blair and Cameron all played their part.
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Councils have sold off vast amounts of land since 2014 – land that was previously used for important public services.
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One wrong turn after another has left the British prime minister cornered.
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China is funding global infrastructure projects to expand its influence and capacity for economic growth.
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Despite growing trade between the EU and India, talks stalled in 2013 after 16 rounds, only resuming in 2018. Some in Brussels blame Britain.
The clock is ticking on Brexit.
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There are more than 300 contingency plans across government departments.
The UK will leave the EU on 29 March unless the UK government requests an extension to Article 50.
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UK parliamentary rules state that an amendment ‘which is the same, in substance’ as an issue that has already been voted on, cannot be proposed again in parliament.
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New research reveals how austerity pushed poor families into debt to pay for basic needs like food, rent and hot water.
Outside the Houses of Parliament in London on March 14, 2019.
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Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
Labor wants housing to be a federal election issue, but to solve the problems of recent decades Australian governments need to comprehensively rethink their approach.
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The problems with housing systems in Australia and similar countries run deep. Solutions depend on a fundamental rethink of our approach to housing and its central place in our lives and the economy.
Taking a tough stance.
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America’s objectives for a trade agreement with Britain spell out a stark Brexit future.
Good jobs will go with a no-deal Brexit.
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The government’s £1.6 billion Stronger Towns Fund will be insufficient compensation for the effects of a no-deal Brexit.
The family that votes together remains together?
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Westminster has consistently disregarded the concerns of the devolved administrations over Brexit.
How do you like your fake steak cooked?
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One of the largest UK meat processors has launched a new vegan meat product. This was long overdue.
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Progress on gender pay issues in finance especially has been too slow, fragmented and uneven.
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Young people in the UK experience some of the worst working conditions. To understand why we need to look at longer-term changes in the political economy.
Britain’s future relationship with the EU remains unclear.
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The ongoing policy uncertainty affects both ends of the economy: consumers and producers.
Jobs on the line.
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Regional authorities require real teeth to protect their towns from big shocks like factory closures.