The department for education has rolled out new guidelines for the teaching of relationship, sex and health education. The new guidance includes a ban on using materials from organisations which promote extreme views. Extreme views […]
Government urged to ensure students can return home for Christmas
Ministers have come under pressure this week to guarantee university students will not be forced to stay on campuses over the winter break. Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, told Sky News: “I very much want […]
Schools Can’t Open for the Severely Disabled – and the Burden is Left With the Parents
“The abandonment of care-provision was so extensive that Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey MP told Prime Minister Boris Johnson at PMQs that his government may have even breached international law.” Tristan Griffith reports on the […]
The One-Size-Fits-All Return to School, and its Victims
Emma Ferguson looks at the return to face to face teaching and how little is being done to facilitate the vulnerable.
Cummings and Goings: Why is it one rule for Boris’s mates, and another for us?
People around the country have been struggling with being under strict lockdown measures, but for the majority, saving lives is worth the sacrifice. So, why isn’t it the same for Dominic Cummings? It was revealed […]
Don’t Blame the Commuters: Blame Boris
With lockdown restrictions beginning to lift on the 13th of May, social media was soon rife with images of packed tube stations and trains filled to capacity. Commuters once again began their journeys to work, […]
The NHS Cares For Us, But Who’s Caring For The NHS?
The 99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore has raised more than £27 million for the NHS by walking one hundred lengths of his back garden – an unbelievable and astounding story of both public generosity […]
How COVID-19 Could Build A New Wave Of Authoritarianism
The rapid spread of the coronavirus in 2020 has seen an unprecedented crackdown on personal freedoms across the world as governments have invoked emergency powers. Public gatherings have been banned, restaurants and bars have been […]
Complete Shutdown of UK Universities due to COVID-19 ‘Impossible’
Vice-chancellors of UK universities have said to the government they are not able to completely shut down if the coronavirus outbreak worsens. This is due to the thousands of students who would be left with […]
Coronavirus Declared “The Worst Public Health Crisis for a Generation”
The World Health Organisation has declared the recent outbreak of Coronavirus to be a pandemic. With over 1543 reported cases in the UK as of 9 am 16th March 2020, Boris Johnson has called the […]
More Scandals at the Home Office
A new scandal has arisen involving Priti Patel and bullying claims within the Government. In recent times, Home Secretaries have more often than not found themselves at the centre of a media storm. Matthew Whiteley […]
5,000 Post-16 Courses Withdrawn from Government Funding
5,000 qualifications at post-16 level which have less than 100 students enrolled per year are now at risk of losing government funding. Following the recent parliamentary review of Post-16 qualifications at Level 3 and below, […]