Boris Johnson has caused controversy following his plan to cut Universal Credit by £20-a-week in April despite criticism from Labour and Red Wall Tories in his own party. The government had previously increased Universal Credit […]
A Stressful Ordeal: Young People, COVID-19 and Career Development
Finding employment is stressful enough at the best of times. Yet for recent graduates, their future plans are in flux, as they face a job market indelibly warped by Covid-19. Aino Lappalainen spoke to young […]
The Coronavirus Crisis: How Bad is it Really?
Although Covid-19 is yet to cause an economic crisis quite as severe as the well-known ‘Great Depression’ governments’ financial support will not be able to stop the recession that is brewing. A new depression is […]
Looking Back and Moving Forward: The American Economy Under Trump
As Americans queue up at polling stations in a year’s time, they will need to ask themselves a simple, yet crucial question: how has Trump done so far? For many, Donald Trump’s time in the […]
Automation Threatens to Widen North-South Divide
For years, northern industry was at the forefront of England’s economy. From the industrial revolution which traces its roots from Lancashire cotton mills, to coal mining across Yorkshire and the North-East, Britain was powered by […]
Up to 75,000 Banking Jobs in Jeopardy Thanks to ‘Hard Brexit’
As Post-Brexit trade negotiations are set to be underway, pressure is amounting to strike the right deal to avoid further loss of banking jobs in London. The Bank of England are claiming that up to […]
Will Drones Have Taken Your Job By 2020?
What does the future hold? A question we all ponder from time to time no doubt. According to some the future could hold all sorts of exciting prospects such as hover cars, robotic butlers or […]
TV | Slum Survivors – BBC Three’s missed opportunity
Since it was announced that BBC Three was to be removed as an on-air channel, there has been a great deal of programming that has rendered this move, at times, questionable. However, BBC Three’s latest […]
Comment | Zero Hours, Zero Tolerance
Controversial “zero hour contracts” are fast becoming popular with employers in order to make businesses more cost effective. In any other argument (except sexism of course), I would try to remain impartial and unbiased. However, […]