This essay, on what the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare about policy towards low-paid workers, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 22 March 2020, under the headline ‘Coronavirus exposes society’s fragility. Let’s find solutions that endure once it’s over’. In a crisis, a society often reveals both its best aspects and its worst. So it is with Covid-19. On the one hand there is the selfishness of hoarding, on the other the selflessness of mutual aid groups. On […]

Categories: Britain, Class, Politics • Tags: boris johnson, coronavirus pandemic, gig economy, insecure work, low pay, matt hancock, poverty, rishi sunak, unskilled workers, welfare system, working class