Unite calls for support for taxi drivers facing financial ruin
Unite call for support for devastated industry.
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After Covid: The right cannot be allowed to brand people ‘low skilled’ again
There’s no going back: low paid workers must be recognised as ‘key workers’ for good, writes Dr Gill Cookson.
IPPR calls for measures to protect ‘children of the pandemic’
Better support is needed to help children already living in poverty – and those in danger of it during the crisis.
Let’s look at the fine print of the Chancellor’s self-employment package
The support package for self-employed people is riddled with holes, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Exclusive: Deliveroo rider left without pay after self-isolating
“Those who took the right decision and self-isolated with symptoms before [this weekend] hasn’t seen a penny.”
Why the coronavirus crisis could bring us closer together
Let’s use this experience to build a closer-knit society, writes Omar Salem.
Who the government’s coronavirus economic measures leave behind
These are some of the holes in the government policy. The government needs to act swiftly to the low-paid, self-employed and homeless and also needs rules to prevent abuses.
EXCLUSIVE: Leading academics set out how to stop the coronavirus crash becoming a Depression
Dozens of academics call for new social rights to be introduced now to avert an economic catastrophe.
Coronavirus crisis: Government confirms legislation on its way to stop renter evictions
But it looks like there’s no help to cover rent payments.
Rishi Sunak’s budget should ‘level up’ by reducing inequality
Imagine if ‘levelling-up’ was more than just a vacuous trope.