Introduction In March of this year, we wrote about the cost-of-living crisis affecting the UK, and the proposals in the Spring Budget that were designed to protect against it (1). However, it is now impossible to ignore the most fundamental driver of inflation in the UK: the cost of energy. …

On the 23rd July, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to the monkeypox outbreaks in many countries. …

We Brits love to moan about the weather. Complaining about it being too cold, too rainy, too wet, too muggy or too hot is practically a national pastime. Except, if you feel like things might be just a tad too warm — you’re not being unreasonable. The Met Office has…

If you’ve tried to catch the train over the last few days, it’s highly likely you will have found yourself in a relatively empty, or even deserted, station with no trains running. In the last week, there have been three days of industrial action, as well as a one-day shutdown…

What are the culture wars? As recently as perhaps two years ago, the term ‘culture wars’ was probably something you had never read or heard anybody say. For pretty much everyone in the UK, the idea simply did not exist. However, like all great ideas, it has made its way…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in UK politics with local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, an ongoing cost-of-living crisis and (more) drama regarding potential Covid rule-breaking from England’s political leaders… Amongst all of this, you could be forgiven for missing a historic moment in Northern Ireland, with…

Introduction It’s election time once more, this time on the continent. On April 10th the French electorate went to the polls to decide whether to stick with current President Emmanuel Macron for a second term, or to twist and elect a new President. A runoff vote between the top two…

Around 2 weeks ago the Government was forced to cancel its first international LGBT+ conference due to a boycott from more than 100 organisations (1). Why? The backlash came after №10 confirmed it would not introduce legislation to ban transgender conversion therapy. …

Introduction There is a cost-of-living crisis in the UK. Inflation is at 6.2%, the highest that it has been in 30 years. Fuel, food, and energy, all of which are essential to our daily lives, are some of the commodities most heavily impacted by this. On Wednesday the 23rd of…