Hello! With 15% population taking 70% flights in the UK, is a frequent flyer tax the fairest way to tackle the contribution of aviation to the climate crisis? We talk to Professor Alice Larkin about the problem of aviation emissions and why technology isn’t coming to the rescue any time soon. Then Leo Murray makes the argument for a frequent flyer tax and explains how it would work in practice.
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Filmmakers Ken Loach and Paul Laverty talk about their latest collaboration on ‘I’m Sorry We Missed You’. They discuss the problems of the gig economy, their approach to filmmaking and why they remain optimists despite the issues their films depict.
For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacyEpisode 13. WORKING 9 TIL ....OVERTIME: Time for time and a half
Episode 12. THE POWER OF CULTURE: Regeneration, Grayson and Kevin the cat
Episode 11. WHO WANTS TO TAX A MILLIONAIRE?
Episode 10. DON'T MOURN, ORGANISE: The power of community organising
Episode 9. TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Episode 8. LAND TAX & THE 'AX'': Land Value Tax plus Obama chief strategist David Axelrod
Episode 7. POWER TO THE (YOUNG) PEOPLE! Voting at 16
Episode 6. MAKING A HASH OF IT: Time to decriminalise and end the war on drugs?
Episode 5 and a half. SADIQ KHAN - more answers with London's Mayor
Episode 5. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: Tackling the air pollution emergency
Episode 4. TAKE BACK (RENT) CONTROL: All Power to the Tenants!
Episode 3. WE WANT EQUAL PAY: The Gender Pay Gap
Episode 2. DON'T BE EVIL! Taming the High-Tech Giants
1. FREE MONEY FOR ALL? The Universal Basic Income
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