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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Theresa May

Six of the biggest Tory Party Conference blunders

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 October, 2022

Fake P45s, cringeworthy ‘cheese’ speeches, Boris Johnson’s position being changed to ‘tw*t’ amid a data breach: Can the memorable Conservative conference blunders of recent years possibly be surpassed?

Liz Truss

The five shortest-serving UK prime ministers in modern history – could Liz Truss steal the crown?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 October, 2022

With Labour surging to a record lead in the polls and letters of no confidence being sent from Tory MPs hoping to trigger yet another leadership contest, is Truss about to become the shortest-serving UK prime minister in recent times?

Anti austerity

A weekend of resistance: Thousands set to protest at Tory Party Conference

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 October, 2022

Protest, resistance and strikes will accompany the party’s meeting in Birmingham this weekend.

News

Stamp duty cut slammed for ‘propping up house prices’ and benefiting the wealthier

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 September, 2022

“People don’t need help to move home. They need help to keep and heat the one they have.”

Climate campaigners threaten legal action over lifting of fracking ban

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 September, 2022

Greenpeace has hit out at the government’s actions, condemning them as “unlawful.” Meanwhile, Scotland confirms its policy on fracking is not changing.

Landfill

New campaign aims to raise awareness of clothing deprivation

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 September, 2022

The initiative is aimed at exposing clothing poverty and waste, to provide adequate clothing for all, and bring about change in law around the right to clothing.

Government faces backlash over plans to ditch proposed bans on fur and foie gras imports

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 September, 2022

“It’s illegal to produce fur in the UK and it’s illegal to produce foie gras. We have to address the contradiction that if it’s too cruel to be produced here in the UK it’s too cruel to import it.”

Zac Goldsmith

Truss sacks Zac Goldsmith as environment minister, sparking animal welfare and climate action concerns

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 September, 2022

The move has raised further fears about the PM’s commitment to tackling climate change.

Fresh rail strikes threaten to throw Tory conference into chaos

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 September, 2022

The train strikes look set to disrupt people travelling to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

News

DWP criticised for rejecting calls to pause Universal Credit payment deductions during cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 September, 2022

‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’

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