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Most of us wish we could be making more money, but how much is enough? For the last 15 years, experts at Loughborough University have been working out a figure. According to their latest calculations, a single person in the UK needs to earn £29,500 to not just survive but to participate in society. A startling 19.2 million people are living in households that fall below this threshold. To that end, our experts have also suggested what the government must do
to support them.
As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, an increasingly pressing question is what will happen to Gaza and its people once the conflict is halted. At least a partial occupation looks likely, which would mean a repeat of a highly bitter experience for both Israel and the Palestinians.
The conflict is likely to be high on the agenda of US president Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping, who are due to meet on Wednesday. Here’s what to look out for in this possibly tense face-to-face.
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Avery Anapol
Commissioning Editor, Politics + Society
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Matt Padley, Loughborough University; Abigail Davis, Loughborough University
Working full time at the national living wage only earns a salary of £20,375.
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AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg
Rob Geist Pinfold, Durham University
Israel has bitter experience of trying to control Gaza. Now it must decide how to manage the territory in the future.
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Presidents Xi and Biden meet at the G20 summit.
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Dafydd Townley, University of Portsmouth
US president Joe Biden is facing difficult talks with China’s president, but needs a good result to give him a bump in the polls.
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Arts + Culture
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Neil J. Gostling, University of Southampton
Is the beastie lurking in the watery depths of Loch Ness?
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Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Glasgow Caledonian University
By removing herself from fashion’s centre stage for five years, the much-lauded British designer managed to whip up serious anticipation for her new collection.
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Jenny Graham, University of Plymouth
The Enlightenment saw science and rational thought replace the religious superstitions of the previous century, and demons became metaphors for the human struggle between good and evil.
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Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, University of Sheffield
As a diva, Streisand has consistently defied instructions not to do something by doubling up her efforts.
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Politics + Society
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Sam Edwards, Loughborough University
Politicians wishing to stoke divisions invoke the Cenotaph knowing it will be a successful gambit because so many find solace in its meaning.
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Peter John McLoughlin, Queen's University Belfast
There are plenty of valuable parallels to be drawn from the Good Friday peace process that might be applied to Braverman’s thinking on protests. But she instead chose to inflame tensions.
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Business + Economy
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Christina Philippou, University of Portsmouth
Why creating an independent regulator is a good move.
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Etienne Develay, Nottingham Trent University; Stephanie Giamporcaro, Nottingham Trent University; Yan Wang, Nottingham Trent University
Research shows that when shareholders complain about pay gaps between CEOs and their employees widening, it can cause even more disparity.
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Science + Technology
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David Rothery, The Open University
The Moon was formed when it collided with Earth billions of years ago.
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Health
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Jay E. Self, University of Southampton
Cataracts aren’t just something people develop in older age. Some people are born with them.
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Phil Chamberlain, University of Bath; Allen Gallagher, University of Bath
A previous attempt to introduce such a ban in the Philippines was struck down by an industry-funded lawsuit.
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