Improvements to the GB power market could help tackle the coming energy crisis.
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Britain’s households are facing a cold winter but its power market could learn something from neighbouring systems to avert a crisis
Supermarket sweep.
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A psychologist explains how your brain helps you save money.
British Columbian workers in the public sector, transit and transportation have voted to take job action in recent weeks to fight for their right to earn livable wages.
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If the labour movement can organize and mobilize working people in B.C. and Canada, the change could be significant.
Canadian economists predict a recession will likely occur sometime in 2023.
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With a recession seeming imminent, many Canadians are rightfully concerned about the state of their finances. Here are some ways you can be prepared for one.
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Some leadership contenders seem to have big plans for a smaller state.
The UK emerged from the second world war to build a more economically and socially equitable nation.
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The late 1970s marked a high point for economic equality in the UK. Returning to the progressive policies that made that possible could solve today’s cost of living crisis.
What goes into the shopping basket of goods used to track inflation?
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The rich history of UK consumer culture has been captured in the composition of the ‘basket of goods’ used to measure inflation.
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Peace between Russia and Ukraine will not be the end of the global crisis, say experts.
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Poverty impacts your mental health as much as your daily life and your physical wellbeing.
The daily commute is not worth as much as before.
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Lower real living standards now represent the price of being in paid work.
Ukraine is a major supplier of wheat globally but exports from the Black Sea ports are now blocked by the Russians.
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Food prices are not the only issue to worry about as the world starts to feel the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.
Costs for achieving net zero are mounting, with no clear plan to afford them.
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In the absence of a clear plan for affording the high costs of decarbonisation, it’s time for the UK Treasury to tax fossil fuel companies.
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It’s surprisingly difficult for most to make a profit.
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Millions of people experiencing food poverty turn to food banks, and the number is growing.
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Starting out is getting more and more expensive.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to parliament via video link from COVID isolation during budget day.
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May 20, 2022
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Only by requiring state agencies to budget and plan for gender equity can genuine well-being be achieved for New Zealand’s women.
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Our experts weigh up the winners and losers in a budget that had to balance an immediate cost-of-living crisis with long-term ambitions for health and climate change.
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Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
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A month when the cost of living crisis will be harshly felt.
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Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.