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  • Event Poet Luke Wright tours final trilogy play in 2023, London dates 8, 9, 10 March
    12 January 2023 – 14 July 2023

    Poet Luke Wright tours final trilogy play in 2023, London dates 8, 9, 10 March

    by Simon Franklin

    A fast-paced and thrilling verse play about intertwined marital and political upheaval, trust. Told in blistering verse by one of the UK’s most celebrated poets.

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  • Blog COP27: Rishi Sunak triples climate adaptation budget as funding for energy is unveiled
    15 November 2022

    COP27: Rishi Sunak triples climate adaptation budget as funding for energy is unveiled

    by Rayan Qayyum Contributor

    Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the new package of climate finance measures at COP7, including tripling the climate adaptation budget, £90m into conservation projects, and new funding for clean renewable energy.

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  • Event Proto-type Theatre take Dead Cats to Yorkshire
    9 November 2022 – 15 November 2022

    Proto-type Theatre take Dead Cats to Yorkshire

    by Simon Franklin

    The latest instalment in Proto-type’s provocative Truth to Power project takes you into the room where the lies begin. It visits Sheffield and Harrogate this month.

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  • Blog COP 27: is it too little too late?
    5 November 2022

    COP 27: is it too little too late?

    by Mystaya Brémaud Contributor

    Ahead of COP 27, I ask whether political summits are as effective as we need them to be, and look at the goals for this year’s summit in Egypt.

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  • News UK Government makes a U-Turn on fiscal plan
    19 October 2022

    UK Government makes a U-Turn on fiscal plan

    by Rayan Qayyum Contributor

    The UK Government have reversed almost all of their mini-budget plan, and the Chancellor has been fired. 

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  • Event Live debut for Rhiannon Faith Company’s DROWNTOWN as tour opens in Harlow
    27 September 2022

    Live debut for Rhiannon Faith Company’s DROWNTOWN as tour opens in Harlow

    by Simon Franklin

    Gritty, uncompromising and dark new dance-theatre from bold and brave choreographer Rhiannon Faith. Autobiographical testimonials and text to amplify the voices of the vulnerable and unheard in modern Britain’s areas of social deprivation.

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  • Blog Home Office 'can never really compensate' says Meg Hillier about the Windrush scandal
    8 August 2022

    Home Office 'can never really compensate' says Meg Hillier about the Windrush scandal

    by Maryam Kara

    Since 2018, the Windrush Scandal has seen a backlog of cases go resolved. Many from the Windrush generation fear that resolving cases is not on the cards for them and feel burdened by the ongoing struggle for compensation. MP Meg Hillier discusses.

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  • Interview Union Interview: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
    29 July 2022

    Union Interview: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    We spoke to Stephan R Cole member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers about his experiences within a union.

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  • Event LUKE WRIGHT: THE REMAINS OF LOGAN DANKWORTH, verse play at EdFringe
    3 August 2022 – 29 August 2022

    LUKE WRIGHT: THE REMAINS OF LOGAN DANKWORTH, verse play at EdFringe

    by Simon Franklin

    Fast-paced, thrilling verse play about marriage and political upheaval, told in blistering verse by one of the UK’s most celebrated poets. The third and final instalment of Fringe First and Stage Award winner Luke Wright’s trilogy.

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  • Blog UK Government removes references to abortion from international human rights statement
    22 July 2022

    UK Government removes references to abortion from international human rights statement

    by Lauren Johnson Kickstart

    A statement given by the FCDO has been revised, no longer committing to abolish discriminatory laws that restrict women’s reproductive rights on the grounds of religion, belief or gender.

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  • Blog Should menstrual leave become a permanent feature in the workplace?
    21 July 2022

    Should menstrual leave become a permanent feature in the workplace?

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    Menstrual leave has been implemented in some workplaces, meaning women can take time off work during their period. 

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  • Blog The reversal of Roe v Wade must force the UK to look at its own abortion laws
    18 July 2022

    The reversal of Roe v Wade must force the UK to look at its own abortion laws

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    The criminalisation of abortion in America may seem quite distant but if we are not careful the UK could be heading the same way.

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  • Blog Why are we forgetting about the culture of sexual misconduct ingrained in Parliament?
    15 July 2022

    Why are we forgetting about the culture of sexual misconduct ingrained in Parliament?

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    The Chris Pincher scandal may have brought Boris Johnson down, but the rotten sleaze at the core of Parliament has been forgotten in the process. 

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  • Feature The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part I
    11 July 2022

    The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part I

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    We take you through the history of unions and worker unrest in the UK and why we still need unions. In Part I we cover the period before unions to their involvement in the two world wars.

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  • News Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister
    7 July 2022

    Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    In a statement outside No. 10 Boris Johnson announced he was standing down as Prime Minister.

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  • Blog Overturning Roe V. Wade could implicate countries across the globe, here's how
    18 May 2022

    Overturning Roe V. Wade could implicate countries across the globe, here's how

    by Lauren Johnson Kickstart

    Two weeks after the leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion that proposed overturning Roe V. Wade, which constitutionally protects women’s rights to abortion, we look at the global implications this decision could have. 

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  • Blog Why it is time for the British monarchy to be abolished
    22 April 2022

    Why it is time for the British monarchy to be abolished

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    It is a polarising argument but here is why I believe the monarchy has no place in a modern British society.

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  • Blog Don’t call the 'ban' on conversion therapy a U-turn if it doesn't protect trans rights
    1 April 2022

    Don’t call the 'ban' on conversion therapy a U-turn if it doesn't protect trans rights

    by Flo Cornall Kickstart

    Broken promises – it seems the government has forgotten the T in LGBTQ+ with their latest U-turn on banning conversion therapy.

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