Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
TUC Congress 2021: Motions passed on Day 1
Support for the cultural sector and investment in public services and pay, are among the motions already approved in Congress 2021.
Ten things you need to know about the social care funding shake-up
The cacophony of angry reactions highlights gaping holes and injustices with Boris Johnson’s social care and NHS funding proposals.
Protestors gather outside Parliament in bid to stop Cambo oil field development
MPs are being urged to reject plans to ramp up oil extraction near Shetland.
Planned national insurance hike labelled regressive move that will disproportionately hit the youngest and poorest
The young and the lowest paid workers are set to be unfairly hammered in Johnson’s controversial plans to execute a manifesto-busting £10bn-plus national insurance hike to fund social care.
UK floods: Extreme weather puts the floodlight on climate change
A summer of surging climate disasters underscores what scientists have warned for years, more needs to be done to fight climate change.
Government’s move to axe EU wine-importing legislation met with mockery among Remainers
As empty supermarket shelves show Brexit’s hangover is kicking in, the government’s scrapping of EU wine import certification is lauded as a ‘Brexit victory’. Naturally, Remainers are up in arms.