Fifteen-minute cities are a working-class nightmare
A car-free lifestyle is only possible for those whose profession and income permit it.
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QUIZ: Which social class are you?
Take the New Statesman quiz to find out whether you’re working class, middle class or upper class in the eyes…
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The Deliveroo dystopia: how London dehumanised a collapsed courier
Riders like Mohamed are invisible to us until something goes wrong.
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Sixty per cent of Brits earning £80,000-£100,000 say they’re “about average”
Highly paid people tend to see themselves as “normal” on the income scale – and “worse off” than their social…
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How Peter Kay changed British comedy
The beloved Bolton comic, now going on tour for the first time in over a decade, became a national phenomenon…
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It’s not undemocratic for Labour and Conservative members to wield power
Political parties remain the best way for ordinary people to become engaged participants in the decisions that affect them.
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Should class snobbery be banned?
Psychologists are urging UK government ministers to outlaw classist discrimination, the New Statesman reveals.
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What Dominic Raab missed about Angela Rayner at Glyndebourne
Conservative class warfare is out of date.
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Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams is the most moving thing I’ve seen on TV in years
This show, in which Andrew Flintoff introduces working-class boys from Preston to cricket, shows how sport can bring people together…
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The media response to strikes proves we need more working-class journalists
I was raised in a council house by a single mum – but in my 20 years in journalism I’ve…
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It’s your salary that determines your class, says the British public
Most people now believe money says more about social class than background, according to exclusive research.
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How CEO pay has returned to pre-pandemic levels
The median FTSE 100 chief executive was paid £3.6m in 2021.
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Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them
So many people have left work or changed industry since the pandemic that for the first time demand for staff…
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QUIZ! Which class are these celebrities, according to the British public?
Find out whether you view the social class of 25 famous figures in the same way as other voters.
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Is Marcus Rashford working class? The answer depends on your age
Exclusive New Statesman polling on 25 celebrities reveals younger generations in Britain are more likely to see rich people as…
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A quarter of Britons paid £100,000 or more identify as “working class”
Exclusive polling reveals the British public hugely overestimates how working class it is.
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Britain is falling harder for the myth of Molly-Mae meritocracy
Exclusive polling reveals the public’s firm belief in social mobility – even if people have never experienced it themselves.
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The British public is changing its concept of class
Gen Z and millennials are more likely to associate class with salary and income than the cultural perceptions of their…
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Why working-class Tories have turned on Boris Johnson
Johnson has exploded the notion that the elite will govern well in the interests of ordinary people.
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