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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Jeremy Corbyn speaking on climate change

Tory press stirs speculation that Jeremy Corbyn is considering launching new party

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2022

The right-wing newspapers have been quick to jump on the story that Jeremy Corbyn could establish his own political party – suggestions that have evoked a wave of support for the former Labour leader on social media.

MPs face pressure to scrap annual pay rise as cost-of-living crisis worsens

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2022

MPs are under fire for taking another significant pay rise at a time when thousands are hit with rocketing bills and higher National Insurance costs.

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds

‘Worse kind of Conservative cronyism’: Johnson accused of corruption over flat refurb controversy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 January, 2022

The PM’s year hasn’t got off to the best of starts, as he faces fresh allegations about his integrity involving the Downing Street residence refurbishment scandal.

Priti Patel

Priti Patel’s plans to x-ray asylum seekers slammed as unethical

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 January, 2022

The home secretary’s proposed method to verify the age of asylum seekers is blasted as ‘flawed, dangerous and unethical’

Government pressed to reinstate £20 Universal Credit uplift

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 January, 2022

As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, charities warn that without government intervention, millions could be pushed into poverty and destitution.

Tony Blair

Poll shows public ‘overwhelmingly oppose’ Blair knighthood

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 January, 2022

So vast is the opposition, that more than one million people have signed a petition for the former PM to have his “Knight Companion of the Most Noble of the Garter” rescinded.

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

Burnt-out nurses working for free to keep NHS running – survey finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

Almost two years into the pandemic, and exhausted and overwhelmed nurses are working long hours, often without pay, in order to keep the NHS afloat, a new study has revealed.

Migrant crisis

UK is ‘losing its moral authority’: Calls ramped up for government to reopen safe routes for refugees

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

One of the most harrowing images of 2021 has to be that of a damaged inflatable dinghy that had been carrying refugees, washed up on a beach near Wimereux, France. The incident sparked a wave of dissent about the government’s tough immigration policies.

Cost of living crisis

The ‘year of the squeeze’: Cost of living set to be catastrophic in 2022, warns think-tank

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

With soaring energy bills and rising taxes, millions of UK families are on the brink of severe cost-of-living upheaval.

Brexit anniversary

Brexit anniversary: 60% of people think UK’s EU departure has gone badly wrong

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

From shortages of HGV drivers to tackle the petrol crisis, to empty supermarket shelves, 2021 has been awash with Brexit disruption. It comes as little surprise that six in ten voters say Brexit has gone badly wrong.

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