Paul Nowak

Paul Nowak is a British trade unionist. He has been the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress since 2022. He was previously the deputy general secretary of the TUC.

Thursday

Paul Nowak

Industry tragedy, Trump vs the Pope & the depressing reality of sex parties

42 min listen

This week: the death of British industry In the cover piece for the magazine, Matthew Lynn argues that Britain is in danger of entering a ‘zero-industrial society’. The country that gave the world the Industrial Revolution has presided over a steep decline in British manufacturing. He argues there are serious consequences: foreign ownership, poorer societies,

Saturday

Paul Nowak

Will Starmer clash with the unions?

15 min listen

It’s easy enough to keep both business and the unions on side when you are vague about your policies – and when your opponent is messing up so badly. That was Labour’s position going into the election. But now that it’s in government, can it keep that balancing act up? Next week’s Labour party conference