Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Bedding banks appear alongside food banks as fuel poverty kicks in
‘This is poverty at its demeaning and degrading worst.’
Solidarity builds to help Poland accommodate refugees fleeing Ukraine
As central Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees with open arms, the international community ramps up efforts to support primary receiving countries like Poland.
Student finance overhaul extensively condemned for punishing poorer and marginalised students
‘This government parrots the language of levelling up, but these proposals are classist, ableist and racist: they target those from marginalised communities, and seek to gatekeep education.’
‘This isn’t solidarity, it’s immoral’: Home Office under fire for providing no legal route for Ukraine refugees to travel directly to UK
By failing to accept visa applications from Ukrainians, the government offers no safe and legal direct entry to Britain for those fleeing danger in the war-torn country, unless they have British relatives.
Russia Today row highlights why we can’t ignore media bias any longer
Calls to ban RT should act as a wake-up call for recognition of wider press bias.
Momentum builds to stop the Health and Care Bill with national day of action
Today – February 26 – marks an NHS day of action, with unions, health organisations and campaigners uniting to highlight the impact the contentious Health and Care Bill will have on the health service.