Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Five ways ‘100% school attendance’ policy is unfair and doesn’t work
‘This is so wrong. 100% attendance is not really achievable.’
Fight the Refugee Ban Bill petition attracts thousands of signatures
The legislation will ‘cause misery to refugees, cost millions to taxpayers and drive desperate people to take ever more dangerous journeys as there is no other way for them to claim asylum.’
Which countries offer free school meals?
‘It’s simply not right that 4.2 million children in the UK – that’s 9 pupils in every class of 30 – are growing up trapped in poverty.'
Activists launch ‘Stop the Arms Fair’ campaign ahead of DSEI arms trade event
“Representatives from regimes such as Saudi Arabia, who have used UK-made weapons to commit war crimes in Yemen, will be wined and dined and encouraged to buy yet more arms.”
Lee Anderson’s inaccurate ‘woke cabal’ Express column mocked
‘Tory uses Tory newspaper to lecture its readership about perceived lecturing.’
Climate change concern among public increases sharply amid summer of climate crises
Alarm about climate change in the UK is on the rise in the wake of a summer marked by climate-related catastrophes around the world.