Today, 22 September, transport secretary Heidi Alexander granted consent for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway application. The expansion plans have been slammed by environmental campaigners as proof of Labour’s abandonment of its climate pledges. The plans were given to the Planning Ins...
There is always a lot of talk about how the government needs to provide safe and legal routes for asylum seekers. But what does this mean? Migrant, immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee First up, we have some definitions to get out of the way before we can proceed. The terms ‘migrant’, ‘immigr...
On the morning of Friday 19 September, an Eritrean man became the second migrant to be deported to France under the UK government’s new ‘One In One Out’ (OIOO) scheme. His Air France flight left Heathrow for Paris at 6:15am, according to the Home Office. The deportee was ...
Protests have erupted in Ecuador after the government announced that it would scrap a long-standing subsidy on diesel fuel. Right-wing president Daniel Noboa repeatedly promised that he wouldn’t cut the subsidy during his election campaigns. Usually, the president would announce moves on c...
Following large-scale youth-led protests in Indonesia and Nepal, three days of demonstrations have rocked the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste. The student-fronted protests began on Tuesday 16 September. They were triggered by parliamentary plans to buy MPs new luxury sports ut...
On 17 September, Jeremy Corbyn MP sent a letter to foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, calling out the government’s silence and inaction on Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. He focused on the fact that the United Nations (UN) published a report on 16 September recognising Israel’s...
Yesterday, on Tuesday 16 September, youth-led campaign group Youth Demand staged an action against Lloyd’s of London. They were protesting the insurance firm’s ties with Israel and complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people. The protest was timed to coincide with Lloyd’s ‘Dive In...
The Office of National Statistics’ (ONS) new inflation figures are now out for August 2025. The banner headline is that inflation overall has held steady at 3.8%, far above the Bank of England’s 2% target. Food prices have also continued to spiral upwards ahead of that rate. Moreover, this...
Today, 16 September, the United Nations (UN) officially confirmed that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide. The rights probe was carried out by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. Its...
Starting today, Tuesday 16 September, over 600 bus drivers will begin strike action in Bristol, causing severe disruption to public transport schedules in the area. The industrial action will last for four days, ending on Friday 19 September. The strikes come after First West buses made it...