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The redundancy trauma

By James Laurence Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: April 14, 2015

Around 2.7 million people were made redundant in the UK during the ‘Great Recession’. Dr James Laurence examines the legacy of distrust created by those redundancies. The impact of the recession is the dominant back-drop to the General Election campaign. Politicians from all parties explain their approach to the continuing fiscal deficit. Yet there is […]

Tagged With: deficit, distrust, general election, Hard Times, lay-offs, National Child Development Survey, recession, redundancy, the Great Recession, unemployment, well-being

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As BAE cuts jobs, is a strong defence sector really needed?

Andrew James By Andrew James Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 18, 2013

The announcement that defence company BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at its naval warship yards in Portsmouth and in Scotland will come as a huge blow to those workers, their families and their local communities. But, writes Andrew James, it also prompts questions about the nature of the defence industry in the United Kingdom, […]

Tagged With: BAE, budget, cuts, defence, military, MoD, redundancy

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