Tweet At the start of December, UCU (University and Collages Union) branches up and down the country went out on strike. The strike action at the University of Brighton is a continuation of the ‘4 fights’ that the UCU are committed to fighting. There are also strikes organised by the […]
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National living wage to raise 59p to £9.50
Tweet Today it was confirmed that the National Living Wage would be set to increase from £8.91 to £9.50 an hour. The change will come into effect in April. This change comes after mounting pressure on the government to help low paid and younger workers, who were the worst hit […]
Read MoreYouth unemployment rise during the Corona Virus pandemic.
Tweet An office of National Statistics (ONS) study was recently conducted into the rising rates of unemployment among the youth of Great Britain before, and over the course of the pandemic. The study was published on the 12th of October 2021, and focuses on the age range between 16 to […]
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Protestors at Sussex uni call for resignation of Kathleen Stock
Tweet Kathleen Stock is a philosophy lecturer at Sussex University and a trustee of the LGB alliance. She is also the last in a long line of academics recently voicing their negative views on trans people under the guise of free speech. On the sixteenth (16th) of October, a group […]
Read MoreConservative MP Sir David Amess dies after being stabbed at Constituency surgery.
Tweet The Conservative MP for Southend West in Essex, Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times at his local constituency surgery, at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. Essex police say that they have arrested a suspect. And are not currently looking for anyone else. Brendan Cox, husband […]
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Rubbish piles up in Brighton streets as refuse worker strike continues into seventh day.
Tweet Rubbish is filling the streets and there’s little to no sign of anything changing anytime soon. Refuse workers in the city of Brighton went on strike after talks between the GMB union and BHCC (Brighton and Hove County Council) broke down on the fifth of October. These talks surrounded […]
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