Issue 015 · Thursday, 2 July 2026
The vanishing first rung
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt BrazilWe asked what people do when they don't have to work. In Britain, a generation can't get the work at all.
- Elena MarshThe graduate jobs are vanishing. Blaming the machines is the easy answer — and maybe the wrong one.
- James VahidThe UK jobs market is loosening and splitting at once. The split runs along one line: can you use AI?
- Ada OkaforA million young people aren't working. Most of them are trying to.