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Building Better Systems for Survivors of Exploitation

By Nina Briggs

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Modern slavery in the UK, especially in Northern Ireland, persists due to systemic neglect, slow justice, and inadequate survivor support, leaving victims trapped while abusers go unpunished. Read more of the article

Graves into Gardens

By Brandon Thomas

Issue 33 // 13th October 2025

Ending modern slavery requires seeing survivors as people first and embedding their lived experience, dignity, and leadership into laws, workplaces, and business practices. Read more of the article

Editorial

By Duncan U Fisher and Vanessa Beck

Issue 32 // 30th July 2025

This issue explores how continuity and change shape caring relationships, revealing a gap between the ideal of consistent care and the often fragmented realities faced by care providers and recipients across diverse settings. Read more of the article

Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care 

By Duncan U Fisher

Issue 32 // 30th July 2025

Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s' A Fortunate Woman' highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult social care work. Read more of the article

The economic and social contribution of the high-wage immigration programme in Canada

By Jean-Philippe Brunet

Issue 31 // 15th April 2025

Canada's immigration system, particularly for high-wage foreign workers, plays a crucial role in addressing labour shortages, driving innovation, and contributing to economic growth while fostering diversity and ensuring worker protections. Read more of the article

Rewriting the rules of the gig economy: Can regulation really change the game?

By Angel Martin-Caballero

Issue 30 // 14th January 2025

Angel Martin-Caballero highlights how gig platforms disrupt labor markets, worsening conditions and posing regulatory challenges. He asks: Have things improved, or are precarious jobs just evolving? Read more of the article

Are internships opportunities or barriers for young working-class people?

By Naomi Wells:

Issue 30 // 14th January 2025

Naomi Wells examines how unpaid internships deepen inequality, with a Labour ban potentially reducing opportunities. Companies must address socioeconomic biases to improve access to internships and jobs. Read more of the article

Reshaping responsibility: Platforms, clients and the online gig economy

By Karthika Nadarajah

Issue 30 // 14th January 2025

Karthika Nadarajah highlights how digital platforms reshape gig work, but client accountability is lacking. Shared responsibility models and clearer roles can balance fairness with innovation in the gig economy. Read more of the article

Confusion and contradiction: Navigating work and disability benefit rules  

By Annie Harper and Yolanda Herring

Issue 29 // 16th October 2024

Annie Harper and Yolanda Herring show how people on disability benefits face contradictions: they must prove total inability to work, enduring stigma and fraud checks, while being pressured to return to work, reflecting a belief that full citizenship depends on 'productive' employment. Read more of the article

Falling off the benefits cliff 

By Merryl Eaton

Issue 29 // 16th October 2024

Merryl Eaton stresses that expanding asset limits and enacting a child tax credit can ease the benefit cliff and improve life for hardworking citizens, allowing them to work without being penalised. Read more of the article