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TORY Chancellor George Osborne’s phoney “economic recovery” was yet again exposed for the sham it is yesterday as the administrators called in to menswear retailer Austin Reed gave up all hope of survival and declared 1,184 job losses.
The news comes amid a torrid time for the high street, with the fate of department store chain BHS set to be revealed later this week.
And in Scotland Muller Milk confirmed the closure of two dairies, at East Kilbride and Aberdeen, with the potential loss of 225 jobs.
Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street