Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
MPs face pressure to scrap annual pay rise as cost-of-living crisis worsens
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.
‘Worse kind of Conservative cronyism’: Johnson accused of corruption over flat refurb controversy
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’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million people have signed a petition for the former PM to have his “Knight Companion of the Most Noble of the Garter” rescinded.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.