Episode 4- A History of British Labour Law, 1867–1945 with Professor Douglas Brodie

In Episode 4 of We Can Work It Out, I was joined by Professor Douglas Brodie, one of the UK’s leading scholars of labour and employment law, to explore the long and contested history of British labour law from 1867 to 1945. Drawing on his seminal book A History of British Labour Law, 1867–1945, our conversation traced how the legal regulation of work emerged, how it was shaped by social struggle, judicial reasoning, and political reform, and why this history still matters in today’s world of precarious labour, platform work, and regulatory retreat.