The UK Government plans to phase out the NCS scheme as it initiates a consultation on a
new youth strategy. NCS (National Citizen Service) is a UK youth volunteering service and
social development program that provides 16 to 17-year-olds volunteering opportunities to
gain relevant skills and build their confidence....
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Impact and Platform’s investigation, Project Winter, has put the spotlight on the massive financial hardships experienced by Nottingham students as the cost of living crisis took hold over this past winter.
This ranges from living in housing that is covered in mould through to skipping meals to save money. Some... -
One of the pre-eminent human rights organisations, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has warned that the UK Government is at risk of being placed on a list of countries which abuse rather than protect human rights, in light of its policy of transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda. Amelie Brogden explores... -
Lorenzo Capito 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the expulsion of the Chagossian people from their homeland in the Chagos Islands. This act has been regarded as a “Crime against humanity” by Human Rights Watch, who called on the UK government for reparations and the right... -
Hannah Walton-Hughes Following a year of serious Ministerial Code breaches and a controversy around PPE procurement, to name a few issues, the United Kingdom has received its lowest-ever position in the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes reports on the issue. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has... -
Mike Wong looks at what has happened to Ukrainian refugees in the UK.... -
When Joe Biden was nominated as the Democratic candidate for President in 2020 he was 77 years old, and would become the oldest head of state in US history. This concerned many people during the election campaign, and many were worried he would not be able to dispense his...
