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So called Corporate Social Responsibility is just a massive swindle
Modern corporations are desperate to put soul into soul destroying jobs, argues Peter Fleming
What if…Boris Johnson had gone to a state school?
How different would be Boris Johnson’s personality and politics if he had gone to a state school? SaySo asked a range of experts
Our society can’t afford the richest 1%
In these extracts from his book “Inequality and the Social Thinker” Danny Dorling lays bare the impact of the wealthy elite on the rest of society.
Our children are being trained to do jobs that robots and algorithms can already do
Britain’s schools are unfit for the future our children face, says ITVs political editor Robert Peston
By remaining outside the community, private schools are anti-community
State schools need the pushy confident and better-off parents who opt for private education, argues Robert Verkaik
How did a rich, sophisticated borough make so many mistakes?
Community housing expert Anne Power reveals ten lessons learnt from the Grenfell tower disaster
Plastic symbolizes a world of the past that didn’t care enough for the environment
Plastic production is still increasing and no major company has a realistic plan to reduce their use of it, writes Will McCallum
Our farmers can both feed us and fight climate change
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
Just 600 people own most of Scotland
Most of the land in Scotland is still owned by a tiny number of people, says mountaineer and writer John Burns
Go vegan, it is the only way to truly save our planet
Adopting a vegan diet is the best way to start saving the planet, says Formula One racing champion Lewis Hamilton
Let everyone get ‘married’ – even friends
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
We are ruled by a deeply disturbed elite
British boarding schools are to blame for an unhinged ruling class says writer and survivor Miranda Doyle
Ian Wright provided a lens into black lives
Former soccer star Ian Wright was one of the first black athletes to personify the black community in the UK, writes Derek Bardowell
Diversity means the working class too
Authors vying for the 2017 Man Booker Prize had one thing in common, they were NOT working class, writes Gavin James Bower
new voices
“The loss of heathland across the UK has caused a decrease in the number of reptiles”
“I had to convince the local authority to support me to go to university”
“Children of professionals will, by the age of three, have heard a million more words than the offspring of less articulate parents”
“We can all become ‘active citizens’ and not just ‘passive consumers”
“Elon Musk may once again be overestimating his capabilities”
“Racism is a key feature of the lives of black and minority”
“A quarter of sons born in 1958 from the poorest homes remained among those on the lowest incomes as adults”
“A quarter of doctors received their primary training outside of Europe”
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“If I could do one thing, I would rid disadvantaged young people of their ‘not for the likes of me’ attitude”
“Seventy seven per cent of physicians trained in Liberia were actually working in the United States”
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society focus
Plastic production is still increasing and no major company has a realistic plan to reduce their use of it, writes Will McCallum
Some of the million Britons living in persistent poverty have been talking to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics explain how Britain has become less mobile particularly at the top and bottom of society
A new Magna Carta is needed to protect everything of common ownership from public parks to councl housing, says Guy Standing
Autonomous vehicles will deliver a revolution in transport and mobility plus a huge boost to the economy, predicts Nicola Jennings
inequality focus
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
Clearer and more standardised food labelling would help shoppers make better nutritional choices, says psychologist Dawn Liu
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
Ecologist Louise Gentle highlights the five main threats to Britain’s wildlife and how they can be controlled
How different would be Boris Johnson’s personality and politics if he had gone to a state school? SaySo asked a range of experts
Most of the land in Scotland is still owned by a tiny number of people, says mountaineer and writer John Burns
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