“As the epidemic [HIV] evolves further, rates will continue to rise in communities and nations where poverty, social inequalities, and weak health infrastructures facilitate spread of the virus” – UNAIDS
Is there really no money for free school meals?
With the motion for free school meals until Easter 2021 defeated and many children in the UK risking not receiving proper nutrition, Bea Turner looks into government spending to determine whether there really is no money for free school meals.
Rishi’s Arts Recovery Fund – a Saviour or a Nightmare?
After seeing the other week Rishi Sunak’s comments about retraining, realising I’m doing a useless humanities degree, having a brew and a good cry, I hopped onto the National Careers Service website [available here] to […]
Research confirms female leaders’ success in COVID-19 first wave
Reports throughout this world crisis have praised female leaders for their success in handling COVID-19. Now the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum has published an analysis to back up this […]
Why millennials will be worst hit by COVID-19
Millennials, or generation Y, are those born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s or early 2000s. Typically, these have been good years to be born in Europe, providing millennials with the benefits from […]
The Coronavirus Crisis: How Bad is it Really?
Although Covid-19 is yet to cause an economic crisis quite as severe as the well-known ‘Great Depression’ governments’ financial support will not be able to stop the recession that is brewing. A new depression is […]
Small businesses care about us. Let us repay the favour
We are living in a country that has mostly adjusted to our new limited freedoms, waiting for the lockdown to be eased and for the right, scientific path to be followed. One of the constructive […]
COVID-19 is a nightmare for the environment
In these dark times that we live in, many people have tried to find an upside to COVID-19, including the impact on the environment. This impact is undeniable. Air travel has dropped for the first […]
Coronavirus vs. The Gig Economy
Walk through the City of London on a weekday and you will awash with crowds of busy businessmen and women, talking hurriedly on their phones whilst shuttling between Pret and their offices. If you look […]
Looking Back and Moving Forward: The American Economy Under Trump
As Americans queue up at polling stations in a year’s time, they will need to ask themselves a simple, yet crucial question: how has Trump done so far? For many, Donald Trump’s time in the […]
Panic on the Streets of London: Britain’s High Street Crisis
The ‘death of the high street’ is a phrase that has dominated the public consciousness of late. News pundits, politicians, and steadfast taxpayer Mike Ashley have all expressed alarm at the grim future facing Britain’s […]
The Budget 2018 – What does it mean for us?
On Monday 29th October, Phillip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the final budget before Brexit. “Austerity is finally coming to an end” he proudly proclaimed, but not everyone in the house was so […]