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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Simon Wolfson

Tory donor and life peer Lord Simon Wolfson nets 50% pay rise as Next CEO

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 May, 2022

Wolfson, who was granted peerage by David Cameron after donating more than £350,000 to the party, takes home his highest remuneration level since 2015, despite opposition over pay inequality.

Johnson on TikTok

No 10’s TikTok disaster confirms PM’s lack of support among young people

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 May, 2022

An attempt by Boris Johnson to join in the TikTok craze and appeal to youngsters spectacularly backfired, as Gen Z’ers seized the chance to say what they think about the way the country is being run, while poking plenty of fun.

Manchester trains

Manchester mayor urges for full nationalisation of railways

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 May, 2022

Andy Burnham says the privatisation of public transport has failed.

Rees-Mogg

Rees-Mogg under fire for saying axing of civil service jobs is ‘perfectly reasonable’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 May, 2022

As Johnson’s plans to slash the number of civil servants are slammed by unions as “an outrageous act of vandalism on our public services”, the Brexit opportunities minister describes the cuts as ‘perfectly reasonable.’

Ehud Sheleg

Former Tory Party treasurer suspected of flooding Conservative Party with Russian money

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 May, 2022

A bank alert filed with the National Crime Agency implicates Ehud Sheleg, a major Tory donor and once treasurer, with pouring cash originating from Russia into the party.

Michael Gove

Michael Gove mocked for ‘bizarre’ interview

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

Sarcastically making light of serious issues, the levelling up minister adopted different accents in a truly strange rant on national TV.

Queen's Speech

Queen’s Speech criticised for doing nothing to alleviate cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

‘It is sad to see a government more obsessed with holding on to their own power and influence, rather than using that power to support the very many people who face what seem like unsurmountable obstacles, just to get by.’

Liz Truss

UK’s threat to breach Northern Ireland protocol triggers parliamentary backlash

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

Warnings have been made that ‘no honourable country should act unilaterally’ by breaking an international agreement.

Cost of living crisis

Interest rates rise will exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis unions warn, amid calls for an emergency budget

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 May, 2022

‘Once again, the working people of this country will pay the price.’

A person's hands running a Covid test

Government’s Covid testing programme disparaged as ‘unlegit’ and ‘no way to do business’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 May, 2022

‘Has there ever been a government so allergic to accountability?’

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