Students threaten civil disobedience across UK campuses over new oil and gas
Climate activists warn ‘thousands of students’ will be arrested in November for civil resistance
Yearly Archives: 2023
8 million people especially private renters and the young are not properly registered to vote, warns Electoral Commission
The sheer number of people denied a right to vote thanks to an ‘outdated registration system’, would be equivalent in number to more than 100 UK Parliament constituencies.
Ofcom says GB News broke impartiality rules after chancellor interviewed by Tory MPs
‘Our investigation therefore concluded that GB News failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’
Mark Carney demolishes Brexit and Liz Truss’ economic policies
‘When Brexiteers tried to create Singapore on the Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina on the Channel’
Liz Truss defends her disastrous mini-budget and says she was right all along
It’s everyone else’s fault apparently…
A list of the strike action this autumn
Aslef has announced more strikes, which will coincide with the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
Tories’ flagship ‘levelling up’ has ‘stalled’ under Sunak, says IfG report
The focus on closing gaping regional inequalities has lost momentum.
Nigel Farage promotes Rejoin March on GB News
‘We are extremely grateful to Nigel Farage and GB News for promoting our march.’
Far-right governments’ erosion of media pluralism: a route map for our own domestic right?
The uneasy parallels between British media and the media in countries led by far-right nationalists, confirms the desperate need for media reform in the UK.
Trapping film panel urges politicians to do more to tackle county lines
‘Politicians have a responsibility to end this issue.’