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The House of Commons' Joint Committee on Human Rights has called the government's Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill "oppressive and wrong".<br><br>
Proposals made in the draft legislation include severe penalties, including 10 years in prison, for protestors caught "intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance". <br><br>
It gives new powers to police to restrict peaceful demonstrations, including the ability to interfere with their location, duration, size and noise levels.<br><br>
The Commitee pointed out these proposals would disproportionately impact protests with the highest levels of public support.<br><br>
"The government has served up confusion where clarity and precision is essential,” Committee Chair, Harriet Harman, said.
<p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">“Noisy protests are the exercises of the lungs of a healthy democracy. They should not be treated as an inconvenience by those in power. We are calling for the right to protest peacefully to be given explicit statutory protection.”<br><br>
Meanwhile, a poll commissioned by human rights group Liberty found that two-thirds of the public would be concerned about any laws that restricted peaceful protest.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/policing-bill-oppressive-and-wrong-says-human-rights-committee/" title="Read full report" class="mcnButton">Read full report</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageCardBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageCardBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardTopContent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="546" style="padding: 18px 18px 0px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" valign="top" class="mcnTextContent"><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%; text-align: left;" class="null">WATCH: Automation - negotiating a fair deal when technological improvements are made</h2></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnImageCardTopImageContent"><a style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="" title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84S5Q5wEqRI">
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For just £50, you can have your image in our newsletter, with a link to your website, campaign, event or service, and a coloured box of text - just like this - all about you.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/IER.AdvertisingSheet.V7.Feb21.pdf" title="Read more" class="mcnButton">Read more</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnCaptionBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f365796e-e815-1972-43e5-b99772d4d8d8.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Probation renationalised, but that’s not enough to fix past mistakes, govt warned</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">The national watchdog for probation has criticised Chris Grayling's ill-advised privatisation experiment and urged the government to fix it.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/probation-renationalised-but-thats-not-enough-to-fix-past-mistakes-govt-warned/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageCardBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageCardBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardTopContent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><tbody><tr><td width="546" style="padding: 18px 18px 0px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" valign="top" class="mcnTextContent"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%; text-align: left;" class="null">EVENT: Trade Unions, unemployment and workers’ rights</h1></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnImageCardTopImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f91fccac-4a22-14a1-8512-4084177d44f6.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null"> </h2><section></section><section><strong>7th July 2021 – 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm</strong><br>
FREE</section><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;"><br>
About this event</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Successive governments have created and/or maintained a reserve army of unemployed workers. This economic manipulation is ideological in nature and seeks to hold down pay and conditions for workers. This is underpinned by duplicitous economic arguments about supply and demand, so that business owners and shareholders can award themselves more money. Workers suffer as a result, and the unemployed descend into destitution. This is bad for the economy, bad for workers and bad for public health.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Join us at the next IER and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom joint event to discuss what can be done.</p><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Speakers</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Martin Cavanagh</strong>, Deputy President of PCS and President of PCS DWP group, discussing<em> Social Security – the need for a safety net and meaningful employment</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Brett Sparkes</strong>, Unite the Union, talking on <em>Community branch support and organising the community</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Helen O’Connor</strong>, The People’s Assembly, speaking about the need for a <em>People’s march for jobs</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Tony Burke</strong>, CTUF, will discuss the present case for reducing working time for workers, with no loss of pay, to help prevent mass unemployment after the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Chaired by <strong>Carolyn Jones</strong>, IER Director</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88388159438?pwd=K3hrN0NjWWNEWFBacWs4TllKVERUdz09" title="Book your place" class="mcnButton">Book your place</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageCardBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageCardBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardTopContent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="546" style="padding: 18px 18px 0px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" valign="top" class="mcnTextContent"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%; text-align: left;" class="null">EVENT: Human rights and employment rights</h1></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnImageCardTopImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f369c953-7f2f-a09c-d44a-c560e848f717.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null"> </h2><section></section><section><strong>21 July 2021 – 7:00pm</strong><br>
FREE</section><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;"><br>
About this event</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Human rights at work and the right to privacy are rising to the forefront of workers' concerns, with employers often taking advantage of weak laws to intrude further in to the personal lives of their staff. The employer intends to squeeze more out of its workforce and artificially boost productivity, but little or no thought is given to whether this is sustainable for the worker, their lifestyle, or their mental health.<br><br>
This situation has been worsened by the increasing ubiquity of social media, with posts made by workers used as ammunition against them by bad employers both during recruitment, disciplinaries and dismissals.<br><br>
Despite a human right to privacy within one's home, employers have been monitoring staff working remotely during the pandemic using technologies such as keystroke logging software, instant messaging applications, and webcams.<br><br>
Other more broad implications for human rights arise out of potential infringements on human rights through exploitative clauses in trade deals.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Join us to discuss these problems and potential solutions.</p><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Speakers</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Dr Philippa Collins, University of Bristol</strong> will be discussing <em>The Human Right to privacy and the future of work</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Professor Keith Ewing, IER President</strong> will be talking on <em>Trade & Cooperation agreement & future of labour law</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Josie Irwin, UNISON National Womens Officer</strong> is going to talk on <em>Women, equality and working from home: Bargaining for the best homeworking arrangements</em>.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Chaired by <strong>Carolyn Jones</strong>, IER Director</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RygS-rfTSZKwVSPrpRZFPA" title="Book your place" class="mcnButton">Book your place</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageCardBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageCardBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardTopContent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td width="546" style="padding: 18px 18px 0px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" valign="top" class="mcnTextContent"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%; text-align: left;" class="null">EVENT: In Conversation: 'The Shadow of the Mine'</h1></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnImageCardTopImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 1920px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/9c3db946-0e05-7078-8a8b-0c4d1bb7ec50.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null"> </h2><section></section><section><strong>29 July 2021 – 6:00 pm</strong><br>
FREE</section><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;"><br>
About this event</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. A new book tells the story of King Coal in its heyday – and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. British politics now revolves around the coalfield constituencies that have lent their votes to the Conservatives. What will the future bring?<br><br>
Come and join the conversation between the author and two giants of the labour movement.</p><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Speakers</h2></section><section id=""></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><strong>Professor Huw Beynon</strong>, Cardiff University and author of The Shadow of the Mine<br><br><strong>Professor Keith Ewing</strong>, IER President<br><br><strong>Lord John Hendy QC</strong>, IER Chair<br><br>
Chaired by <strong>Carolyn Jones</strong>, IER Director</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4ZMi2rIpSvO1tUatCLu7cw" title="Book your place" class="mcnButton">Book your place</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0090AC;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 18px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><div><div><span style="font-size:24px"><strong>IER and Covid-19</strong></span></div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:18px">Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease and the need to keep our staff, supporters and speakers safe, IER is holding all events online until further notice.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:18px">IER staff will continue to work, but remotely from home. 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