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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…

Jun 22, 2023

A close up of a woman holding an elderly lady’s hand.

Jun 22, 2023

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…

Feb 3, 2023

Government welfare policy proves a boon for Leeds loan sharks

Feb 3, 2023

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

Aug 15, 2022

The price of power is a country shivering in the dark

Aug 15, 2022

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?

May 26, 2022

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

May 26, 2022

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

Mar 6, 2022

yellow and blue roses resting on a map of Ukraine.

Mar 6, 2022

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

Oct 31, 2021

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

Oct 31, 2021

Resisting the rise of the robo-boss

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

Jul 19, 2021

Resisting the rise of the robo-boss

Jul 19, 2021

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

Jun 15, 2021

It’s a poor show on the pandemic front

Jun 15, 2021

Sticks and stones and ‘othering’ names

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

May 25, 2021

Sticks and stones and ‘othering’ names

May 25, 2021

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

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

May 8, 2021

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

May 8, 2021

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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