UK government promises to continue a crucial EU regulation post-Brexit
EU member states voted on 27 April to approve further restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides, or neonics. The UK voted in favour of...
Diane Abbott calls on Amber Rudd to resign as home secretary after revelations about removal targets
Diane Abbott is the latest MP to call for home secretary Amber Rudd to resign over the Windrush scandal. "A...
Homelessness is almost 10 times worse than government figures suggest, says charity
On 24 April, the charity JustLife Foundation published its report on the scale of "hidden homelessness" in England. The report reveals that...
Jeremy Corbyn promises that St George’s Day will be a national holiday under a Labour government
With only eight public holidays, the UK lags behind other G20 and EU countries. In a rousing speech at the Communications...
Despite desperate calls for global action, the world continues to invest in fossil fuels
On 14 April in New York, prominent LGBT rights attorney and environmental activist David Buckel set himself on fire in protest...
David Lammy demolishes the government’s response to the Windrush scandal on Channel 4 News
Labour's David Lammy has lambasted the Conservative government's response to the Windrush scandal. On 19 April, the MP told Channel...
MPs and doctors slam the Home Office for snooping on NHS patients
Since January 2017, NHS Digital has been sharing patients' names and addresses with the Home Office. The government uses this...
Amber Rudd is clueless about how many people she’s deported in the Windrush scandal
People who arrived from the Caribbean 50 years or more ago are being denied their rights and threatened with deportation...
Amber Rudd is forced to apologise for her department’s betrayal of the Windrush generation
Amber Rudd has apologised after MPs spoke out about the growing number of cases of British citizens born in the Caribbean...
Before Theresa May starts shaking the magic money tree, consider the costs of war
In the days since Theresa May denounced the use of chemical weapons in Douma, threats of military intervention against Syria...
Supermarket Iceland leads the way with a bold move that could save orangutans and the rainforests
The supermarket Iceland is leading the way with a bold move that could save orangutans and the rainforests. Iceland's bold...
British Gas sends us the bill as the government dithers with its promised energy cap
Citizens look set to receive the bill for an unfulfilled Tory manifesto pledge, as British Gas puts up its prices...
Government announces ID required at polling stations in five areas for local elections
In September 2017, the government published a press release announcing its plans to change electoral law to require voters to...
We’ve put so much plastic in the oceans, it’s even turning up in our salt now
Plastic pollution is a global crisis. It is contaminating oceans and rivers all over the world. Wildlife, including fish and whales,...
What Facebook and Cambridge Analytica should teach us about Big Brother and Big Data
Recent news about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica has placed these companies in the media spotlight. The way they use data...
What seaside town drug overdoses and suicides tell us about austerity and government cuts
Government figures show that drug-related deaths and suicides have increased dramatically in England and Wales. Over half the areas with...
Angela Rayner slams government for £1bn of cuts in spending on children and young people’s services
On 3 April, Labour’s shadow education secretary Angela Rayner slammed the government for a massive reduction of spending on children and...
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