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About Barbara Gunnell

Barbara Gunnell is a writer and editor based in London. She has worked on a variety of national newspapers including the Financial Times, the Independent, the Independent on Sunday, the Observer and the political weekly, the New Statesman. She is a past-president of the National Union of Journalists.

Barbara is the Editor of the dialogue Centrestage, on openDemocracy 50.50

Articles by Barbara Gunnell

Don’t blame the bankers or politicians. Blame your unemployed neighbours

Barbara Gunnell 12 December 2012

Britain’s Coalition Government has announced further cuts to benefits and social services. But while it demonises those out of work, where is its strategy for jobs?

Where have all the jobs gone?

Barbara Gunnell 2 October 2012

Jobs are disappearing in the UK, wages are dropping, and there is a shocking absence of political debate about the changing nature of work and the disappearance of full-time secure employment.

How women are paying for the recession in the UK

Barbara Gunnell 24 August 2012

It was predictable and in fact predicted. The British Government’s austerity programme has turned back the clock on women’s rights and hard-won economic gains.

Staying alive in Britain : can the poor afford it?

Barbara Gunnell 10 July 2012

As the number of families in Britain with at least one working parent fall below the poverty threshold and 'payday loans' show a steep rise, Barbara Gunnell asks : who benefits from the British bargain-basement low-wage economy?

Can’t find a job in the UK? You’re not trying hard enough

Barbara Gunnell 17 February 2012

Unemployment in Britain could reach 3 million this year, an entire new welfare-to-work industry has sprung up, and the Government still thinks its main task is to get the 'work shy' stacking shelves. Barbara Gunnell asks how, in this Government's vision, has a lack of jobs become the fault of the job seeker?

Scrooge employers are Britain's real welfare cheats

Barbara Gunnell 12 December 2011

A new report reveals pockets of extreme poverty among young working-age adults, including those who have jobs. Barbara Gunnell on how a low-wage economy punishes us all.

Including everyone

Barbara Gunnell 1 November 2011

Unemployment and discrimination still wreck the lives of millions in the UK. On the launch of Centrestage , Barbara Gunnell examines the context of economic exclusion today

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