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Rishi Sunak has come up with a serious economic offer, and Boris Johnson's finally closing pubs. But with emergency wards already filling up, is it all too little, too late?

Produced by Novara Media, The Burner is a daily briefing on the news that matters to the left during the current Covid-19 crisis.

For a Novara Media Special Broadcast, James Butler is joined by David Renton for an explainer on housing law, the eviction process and tenants’ rights – and what might happen during the coronavirus period. Resources: Legal 500’s list of firms who act only for tenants. Shelter’s advice on Section 21 notices. N244 forms on the […]

Produced by Novara Media, The Burner is a daily briefing on the news that matters to the left during the current Covid-19 crisis.

Unite The Union’s Steve Turner joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani as they discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, how it impacts working class people and how organised labour needs to respond. The Coronavirus Divide

NHS doctor Rita Issa joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss the government’s coronavirus strategy and whether the NHS will be able to cope as the coronavirus spins out of control. Coping With Corona -The NHS and Covid-19

Are the government moving too slowly on coronavirus, and is ‘herd immunity’ our best bet to limit the damage from COVID-19? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani wade through the announcements and evidence. Herd Immunity

James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo, head of the Centre for Digital Culture at King’s, to draw up a balance sheet of left populism over the past five years: its successes, its failures, and what’s yet to come. Plus, a discussion of the politics of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Italian lockdown, and what that […]

Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann talk to Elio Beale, organiser with SWARM, a sex worker rights and advocacy movement and with Bent Bars, a letter writing project for LGBT+ prisoners. They discuss what sex work is, who does it and what happens when the state criminalises forms of work and survival Safety First: Sex Work […]

As Rishi Sunak delivers his first budget, we ask if coronavirus will lead to a crash on the scale of 2008. Plus, Joe Biden wins Michigan, is Bernie bust? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway. Viral Relief?