Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Priti Patel’s plans to x-ray asylum seekers slammed as unethical
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
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, charities warn that without government intervention, millions could be pushed into poverty and destitution.
Poll shows public ‘overwhelmingly oppose’ Blair knighthood
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million people have signed a petition for the former PM to have his “Knight Companion of the Most Noble of the Garter” rescinded.
Burnt-out nurses working for free to keep NHS running – survey finds
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.
UK is ‘losing its moral authority’: Calls ramped up for government to reopen safe routes for refugees
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.
The ‘year of the squeeze’: Cost of living set to be catastrophic in 2022, warns think-tank
With soaring energy bills and rising taxes, millions of UK families are on the brink of severe cost-of-living upheaval.