As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
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Deluded like Quixote, Osborne lacks his nobility
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As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
With private investment weak and public infrastructure crumbling, the Spring Statement offered little to revive a stagnating economy, writes MICHAEL BURKE
The TUC’s NIKKI POUND says there are gains in the Employment Rights Act for women — but there’s a hell of a lot more to fight for
In something of a departure we begin this week with the latest exciting news from the world of geological and topographical calculations.
Now this column is aware that to many this may seem like an oxymoron akin to “military intelligence” or “compassionate conservatism.”
But all it would say is that, first, you would be wrong and, secondly, you have obviously never offended a room full of geologists.
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