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Mark Cantrell

Unpaid carers are worth a fortune to the public purse; they pay a crushing price

When you consider how unpaid carers are subsidising the UK’s health and social care systems, little wonder governments are slow to reform…

6 min readJun 22, 2023

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Mark Cantrell

Government welfare policy proves a boon for Leeds loan sharks

Study finds £18m a year deducted from benefits, sinking people deeper into poverty and a desperate flight into the arms of dodgy lenders…

14 min readFeb 3, 2023

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Government welfare policy proves a boon for Leeds loan sharks

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Mark Cantrell

The price of power is a country shivering in the dark

Surging energy costs and political squabbles cast a dystopian spectre over Britain’s future

15 min readAug 15, 2022

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The price of power is a country shivering in the dark

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Mark Cantrell

Culture vultures need more than slim pickings if art is to sustain us

With crisis everywhere we look, can a struggling culture industry really save us?

9 min readMay 26, 2022

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Culture vultures need more than slim pickings if art is to sustain us

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Mark Cantrell

Comment: Let’s put an end to ‘colour coding’ our empathy for victims of war

The horror of war is no more outrageous in Europe than anywhere else in the world

8 min readMar 6, 2022

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yellow and blue roses resting on a map of Ukraine.

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Mark Cantrell

Equity warns Universal Credit cut ‘favours’ posh creatives over working class talent

The much-criticised cut to Britain’s Universal Credit benefit threatens an “exodus” of young working class creatives from the arts

10 min readOct 31, 2021

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Equity warns Universal Credit cut ‘favours’ posh creatives over working class talent

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Mark Cantrell

Resisting the rise of the robo-boss

Unions warn British workers need stronger legal protections against “inhuman” AI managers.

10 min readJul 19, 2021

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Resisting the rise of the robo-boss

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Mark Cantrell

It’s a poor show on the pandemic front

Covid-19: Johnson’s delay delivers a show-stopping performance for Britain’s cultural re-opening

7 min readJun 15, 2021

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It’s a poor show on the pandemic front

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Mark Cantrell

Sticks and stones and ‘othering’ names

Citizen Zero: Language is a vital tool for keeping the poor in their place

8 min readMay 25, 2021

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Sticks and stones and ‘othering’ names

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Mark Cantrell

Sweet deals and Labour defeat, a lesson from social housing?

Was Labour beaten by its own ‘pork barrel’ game?

8 min readMay 8, 2021

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Sweet deals and Labour defeat, a lesson from social housing?

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Mark Cantrell

Mark Cantrell

A UK writer and journalist, Mark Cantrell is also the author of two novels: Citizen Zero and Silas Morlock. Read more of his work at tykewriter.wordpress.com

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