Employment
💼 The route from education to secure work was supposed to connect. Employment examines what changed — from access and skills to pay, progression and the future of work.
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Britain Is Not Special — Lessons from Argentina – Part 3
🇬🇧🇦🇷 Decline does not always announce itself through crisis. Sometimes the warning is quieter: talent leaves, capital moves and confidence follows.
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Britain Is Not Special — Lessons from Argentina – Part 2
🇬🇧🇦🇷 Argentina grew rich from land and trade. Britain from industry and empire. But early success can build systems that become increasingly difficult to change.
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You Cannot Treat the Person and Ignore Their Life
🧠 Mental health doesn’t begin and end inside somebody’s head. Rent, debt, work, housing, relationships, loneliness, discrimination and uncertainty all matter. What happens when treatment ends but life stays the same?
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China The Long Game
🇨🇳 China’s rise was not one decision or one policy. From history and energy to manufacturing, infrastructure, technology and trade, China — The Long Game follows how the pieces became a system — and what that means for the rest of the world. ⚡🏭🌍
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Statutory Sick Pay: Where We Actually Started
🤒 What does getting sick actually cost? A nine-part investigation into statutory sick pay, worker protection, Europe, Covid, Brexit and who ultimately carries the bill. 💷⚖️
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100+ Reasons Britain’s Pubs Declined
🍺 There was never one reason the British pub declined. Across 50+ years, industry disappeared, communities changed, costs rose and habits shifted. 100 pubs. 115 reasons. One institution transformed. 🇬🇧
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The Things Britain Used to Make – Part 1
The hidden layer beneath Britain’s economy — chemicals, energy and materials that make everything else possible. ⚙️ What it was. What changed. What remains. 🧱
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Britain Is Not Special — Lessons from Argentina – Part 1
🇬🇧🇦🇷 Britain once helped shape the world. Argentina once looked destined for greatness. What happens when nations mistake past success for permanent advantage?
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Child Poverty, Support & Deservingness in Britain
🇬🇧 Britain doesn’t debate whether children need support — it debates which children deserve it. Child poverty, austerity, welfare and the unwritten rules behind who gets help. ⚖️👧🏽📉
