New research into mutations in sperm helps us better understand why they occur, while debunking a few myths in the process, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Poverty pay shame at Cambridge's dreaming spires
SEAN MELEADY reports on the grassroots campaign to end persistent low pay for workers at one of the world's most prestigious universities
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from the one of 2,700 protests against the Trump government’s power grabs, on a day when seven million people defied fear-mongering in a outpouring of joy and hope in what might be the biggest protest in US history
Our trust makes 3,200 home visits caring for 227 patients despite 198 Israeli checkpoints around Bethlehem; this compassion which transcends boundaries has lessons for the debate on end-of-life care in Britain too, writes FATHER GEOFF BOTTOMS
There is no chance of defending and renewing an NHS which is still savagely undermined by having to pay mark-ups of up to 23,000 per cent to Big Pharma — let’s take control of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, writes DREW GILCHRIST
FOLLOWING a Freedom of Information request earlier this year it emerged that only seven of the 31 colleges (Queens’, Trinity, Sidney Sussex, Selwyn, Murray Edwards, Newham and St Edmunds) that make up the University of Cambridge pay their staff the £8.75 an hour judged to be the Real Living Wage when the figures were compiled in 2018.
The Real Living Wage is an independently calculated figure based upon the cost of living. It is currently £10.55 in London and £9 in other parts of the country. However, £8.75 is the benchmark figure as this was the Real Living Wage outside London when the figures were gathered in 2018. This figure is higher than the current living wage for over-25s of £ 8.21 per hour.
In fact, only Queens’ College has accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation with all its staff paid over £9 per hour. In contrast Robinson College had the worst record with 58.7 per cent of staff being paid less than £8.75 per hour.
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