British Politics

Poppy Read-Pitt Let’s cast our minds back to this time last year, January 2022. This month, like all of the months before it, was largely dominated by news of Covid which -for the sake of our collective sanities- I won’t recount. I’ll instead focus on another devastating blow from...

University strike action arranged by the UCU will hit 150 universities across the UK. In total, 70,000 UCU members will walk out on a record high eighteen day strike throughout February and March. Since 2009-2010, staff pay has declined in value by 25% relative to RPI, due to a...

Liz Truss will no doubt always be remembered for being Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister. However, Out of the Blue, the new book written by journalists Harry Cole and James Heale, explores Truss’ life and career before Number 10, and plots the pathway to her extraordinary rise and unexpected fall....

The Tories’ controversial anti-strike bill, known as the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, passed its second reading in parliament as MPs backed the legislation by 309 votes to 249 last Monday. This has been met with criticism from trade unions across the UK as the bill is likely to...

After weeks of economic turbulence as a result of the disastrous mini-budget announced by then Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday 20th October. In a rapid leadership contest, lasting less than a week, Rishi Sunak received the MP...

Esha Dev Liz Truss has resigned after only 44 days in office, and we have been promised a new Prime Minister by the 28th of October in time for the fiscal statement on the 31st. Impact’s Esha Dev reports. Truss said in her statement that she could not deliver...

It has been a turbulent ‘honeymoon’ period for Liz Truss and her government, since she took power last month. Since the former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced his mini budget on 23rd September, the markets have been in turmoil, interest rates have been rocketing, and both the public and her...