UK universities call for maintenance loan uplift amid students’ financial woes

Read More The government is being urged not to forget students in the cost of living crisis, as universities report growing numbers turning to them for help with financial worries. Ahead of Friday’s mini-budget, the Russell Group of research-intensive universities called for an immediate uplift in maintenance loans in line with current inflation, as well […]

Britons skipping meals ‘just to keep the lights on’, research reveals

Read More Nearly 11 million people are now behind on their bills while more than 5 million have gone without food, according to new research that reveals Britons are skipping meals “just to keep the lights on”. An estimated 20% of UK adults, or 10.9 million people, are behind on one or more household bill […]

Ucraina – Russia, le news dalla guerra oggi: la grande attesa per il discorso di Putin. La Ue minaccia nuove sanzioni: referendum illegali

Read More Lo slittamento del discorso di Putin, che secondo le anticipazioni riguarderebbe i referendum per l’annessione alla Russia di territori occupati nel Donbass e nel Sud dell’Ucraina, ha creato grande attesa e innescato inevitabilmente una serie di speculazioni e tentativi di interpretazione su quanto stia accadendo in queste ore al Cremlino. Secondo i media […]

PR agencies bidding for UK Covid inquiry risk ‘farcical conflict of interest’

Read More PR giants that received hefty government contracts to run Covid-19 public health campaigns are now bidding to lead an inquiry into the public’s experience of the pandemic response, the Guardian has learned. The Listening Project was announced earlier this year as a formal part of the Covid-19 inquiry, which will “examine the UK’s […]

Liz Truss urges world leaders to follow UK with trickle down economics

Read More Liz Truss is to urge world leaders to join Britain in introducing far-reaching tax cuts despite US president Joe Biden pouring scorn on ‘trickle down economics’ ahead of their first bilateral talks in New York. In a speech to the United Nations, the prime minister will argue the free world must prioritise economic […]