Find out more about the percentage of households in fuel poverty in your local area, and how this compares to the rest of the UK. Click here or on the image below to use the tool (launches in a new window): (Politics.co.uk has used the current 2019 data to visualise the rates of fuel poverty in each…
This has been a devastating week for the people of Ukraine. Although it came as no surprise, we have all been horrified by Putin’s maniacal aggression. A terrible human tragedy is unfolding on our doorstep, and we must stand firmly with the people of Ukraine. It is imperative that we support Ukraine to defend itself.…
The government has announced a major shake up of high education today, which includes making students pay back loans over a 40 year period rather than 30. Only a quarter of students who started full-time undergraduate degrees in 2020/21 are forecast to repay their loans in full. The value of outstanding student loans at the…
MP for Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn, told MPs that the issue with becoming involved in the debate on gender rights is that it is polarised to the point that “you are left with two options”. Colburn explained that while this “toxic” debate plays out, trans people are stuck “in the middle of all of…
Minister for business, energy and Industrial strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, made a statement to the House of Commons, regarding Storm Eunice. He told the House that Eunice brought “the highest speeds of wind ever recorded in England” and that the impact has been four people “tragically losing their lives” while 2% of those with power outages…
Defence minister, Ben Wallace, gave an update to the House on the situation in Ukraine. Wallace told the House that he feared Putin was “still committed to an invasion”, which could lead to a humanitarian crisis, “not just for Ukrainians but also the Russian people”. The minister told MPs that the UK has “not just…
As concerns of a Russian invasion of Ukraine increase, the Defence Minister, Ben Wallace, faced questions in the House of Commons. The shadow defence minister, John Healey said that Labour “welcomed” the doubling of UK troops in Estonia, but raised concerns that this was simply a case of “rotation” rather than “reinforcement”. Wallace admitted that…
A minister has said that British citizens and their relatives will be prioritised as people scramble to leave Ukraine following anxieties over an imminent Russian invasion. His remarks come after reports that Whitehall believe an invasion will soon occur. Quizzed over whether the UK planned to aid Ukrainian refugees, home office minister Damian Hinds explained:…
The charity Open Doors heard from an Afghan woman with the given name of Zabi. Her father was taken, tortured and executed. A few months later, her brother was also taken and never seen or heard from again. Zabi and her mother fled to another country after the Taliban takeover and they survive amidst total uncertainty…
While modern Ukraine first declared independence in 1917, its national identity largely stems from the eastern Slavic culture that flourished in approximately the same area as the modern state during the middle ages. This is the period in which national identities also emerged in Britain. While their present realities sharply contrast, the fates of Ukraine…
