Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Calls for chancellor to make “huge judgement call” ahead of Spring Statement
With the conflict in Ukraine intensifying already eye-watering cost of living rises, Rishi Sunak is under pressure to produce more than a new set of economic and fiscal forecasts.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, March 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Right-wing press stirs speculation UK fracking is ‘back on the agenda’
The Tory media have been quick to jump on claims that fracking could return to Britain as Johnson blocks imports of Russian oil.
Economic Crime Bill censured for leaving ‘oligarch loopholes’
The government’s apparent crackdown on wealthy Russians using London for money laundering and concealing ill-gotten gains has been criticised for being rushed through and laden with loopholes.
‘The red tape was horrendous’: Brexit bureaucracy impedes aid being transported to Ukraine
Implications of Brexit have reared their head once more - at the worst possible time.
International Women’s Day: Calls for new approach to end VAWG and support all women’s rights
‘We call on government to match its rhetoric on ending VAWG with actions that support all women’s rights – including migrant women, and black and minoritised women.’