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As co-working spaces colonise cities, are workers paying the price? | Filipa Pajević

As businesses look to save money and space, providers such as WeWork are booming. But co-working is not all it’s cracked up to be
The co-working space provider WeWork is the biggest occupier of office space in London after the government. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Co-working isn’t just booming – it’s taking over our cities. The co-working space provider WeWork is the of office space in London after the government. It has surpassed JP Morgan as the top commercial real estate holder . This week we learned it is being paid £55m in to fill Brexit-related office vacancies in

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