Freshered • 28th November 2022 Suppliers Say UK Households Have Cut Energy Usage By 10% Two of Britain’s biggest energy suppliers say that users have reduced their energy usage by at least 10% since October.
Freshered • 28th November 2022 Two Universities Reportedly Threaten To Cut Striking Staff's Wages 'Indefinitely' Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Wolverhampton University have reportedly threatened to cut 100% of the wages of staff on strike unless they reschedule all the lectures they missed.
Freshered • 28th November 2022 UK Gardens Experience 'Second Spring' Horticultural experts say that garden plants in the UK are going into a ‘second spring’ due to the relatively high temperatures this November.
Freshered • 26th November 2022 Climate Scientists Say Thousands Died In Summer Heatwaves Figures show that more than 20,000 people in western Europe died during the extreme heatwaves this summer.
Freshered • 25th November 2022 UN Biodiversity Summit Is 'Last Chance' For Nature This December, close to 200 countries will be meeting in Montreal to confirm a ‘landmark deal to safeguard nature.’
Freshered • 25th November 2022 Hundreds Of 'Outstanding' Schools Reportedly Downgraded By Ofsted A report from the school’s watchdog has revealed that most of the schools in England previously rated ‘outstanding’ have been downgraded by Ofsted.
Freshered • 25th November 2022 'Biggest Ever' UCU Strike Begins The University and College Union (UCU) has claimed that its ongoing strike is ‘the biggest in the history of higher education.’
Freshered • 25th November 2022 National Grid Launches Energy Bill Discount Scheme In an attempt to avoid blackouts this winter, the National Grid is trialling discounts on energy bills for households that reduce their energy usage during ‘peak time’ periods.
Freshered • 24th November 2022 Glasgow Students Call For Reduced Student Numbers The student council at the University of Glasgow is calling for them to reduce student numbers at the university, after the student population reportedly exploded by 40% over a period of only five years.
Freshered • 24th November 2022 The Autumn Statement Will Have An Impact On Student Wages On 18 November Jeremy Hunt – the Chancellor of the Exchequer – announced big plans for the economy.
Freshered • 24th November 2022 Indyref2 Restricted By Supreme Court After a ruling from the Supreme Court, the Scottish government will be unable to hold a second independence referendum without the consent of the UK government.
Freshered • 27th July 2022 Government Approves Nuclear Power Plant The UK government has allowed the construction of the new Sizewell C nuclear plant on the coast of Suffolk, as reported by the BBC.
Freshered • 26th July 2022 'Gender Gap' In Healthcare To Be Tackled Across England, doctors will be required to undertake mandatory training for treating female medical conditions as part of plans to improve the provision of women’s health.
Freshered • 26th July 2022 Royal Mail Workers To Strike Over Wages Over 115,000 Royal Mail workers are set to go on strike following a vote concerning pay disputes.
Freshered • 26th July 2022 Forde Report Claims Anti-Semitism Used As 'Factional Weapon' Within Labour Martin Forde QC’s inquiry has found that the issue of anti-Semitism within Labour was treated like a ‘weapon’ by both the left and right wings of the party while Jeremy Corbyn was leader.
Freshered • 26th July 2022 Pay 'Rise' Incenses NHS Staff Medical and dental staff working for the NHS have been given a 4.5% pay rise that the government has heralded a ‘fair deal for staff.’
Freshered • 25th July 2022 Inflation Hits 40-Year High Inflation – the speed at which prices rise – has jumped to 9.4% in June 2022, up from 9.1% in May. The last time inflation dipped below the 2% Bank of England target was in summer 2020 as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
Freshered • 21st July 2022 Sunak And Truss Final Two In Conservative Leadership Ballot Penny Mordaunt has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership battle, leaving Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as the ‘final two’ who have made it onto the ballot and will now go head-to-head.
Freshered • 20th July 2022 'Hasta La Vista, Baby': Boris Johnson's Final PMQs Sparks flew at today’s particularly-animated Prime Minister’s Questions – Boris Johnson’s final opportunity to answer questions from MPs before he is replaced by either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss.
Freshered • 16th July 2022 St Andrews Students Face Eviction Over Golf Championship As hundreds of thousands of people descend on the small Scottish town for the legendary golf championship ‘The Open’, students in St Andrews have told the BBC they may face eviction from their landlords.
