Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
DWP criticised for rejecting calls to pause Universal Credit payment deductions during cost-of-living crisis
‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’
Report shows little progress in identifying earthquake risk, as drilling licences expected to be issued next week
As fracking companies call for earthquake limits to be reduced and exploratory drilling could start as early as next week, a report shows reducing and predicting earthquake risk remains a ‘scientific challenge’
‘A kick in the teeth’: Truss could ditch junk food crackdown to ‘cut red tape’
A Tory U-turn is reportedly on the cards over anti-obesity measures, raising eyebrows over the PM’s connections to free-market think-tanks that lobbied against the legislation.
Reach journalists’ three-day strike postponed
The industrial action that was due to take place this week will no longer go ahead, as new talks over low pay get underway.
People crossing Channel in small boats in 2022 already surpasses last year’s figures
Home secretary Suella Braverman, who pitches herself to the right of her predecessor Priti Patel, says she wants to stop all small boat crossings.
Northern Ireland protocol impasse back in the spotlight as King Charles joins discussions
A long-term solution for the ongoing dispute remains elusive.