Keir Starmer Used Dodgy Figures to Claim 4,000 New Jobs. In Fact, It’s Only 400
Polly Smythe
Does he think we're stupid?
Tag: jobs
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Work
Dalia Gebrial finds out what climate breakdown means for the future of work, with Jeremy Corbyn, Sarah Jaffe and more.
Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
Andrew Fisher
People on UC have jobs, they're just crap ones.
After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation and Utopia
What if the automation theorists are wrong? How might we build utopia without them? Aaron Benanav joins James Butler to gaze into the future.
Sunak’s Spending Review
With a public sector pay freeze and cuts to foreign aid, has Rishi Sunak’s spending review shown him to be a typical Tory class warrior? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.
Sunak’s Screeching U-Turn
Rishi Sunak has annnounced an extension to the furlough and, once again, the realities of covid have forced the government into another screeching U-turn. Do the Tories still lack a strategy for dealing with the virus? Plus: Trump’s bizarre twitter vids and Number 10’s new spokesperson. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial and James Meadway.
Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit
Matthew Cole
The Tories’ New Support Scheme Shows They’re Adapting to Our New Reality. The Left Must Do the Same
James Meadway
Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths
While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.
From Climate to Jobs, Sunak’s Budget ‘Event’ Falls Short of the Protections We Need
Grace Blakeley
Coronavirus Will Accelerate Automation. So Why the Calls for ‘Jobs Jobs Jobs’?
Aaron Bastani
Pandemic Labour and the Politics of Job Guarantees
James Meadway
Four Day Working Week
The robots are coming for your jobs – and that’s a good thing. Eleanor Penny responds to the TUC’s call for a four day working week.
