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Islington Council Passes Buyback Initiative

Posted on Nov 30, 2023Dec 7, 2023 by Ethan Hylton
  Islington Council has agreed on a measure to purchase 310 ex-Right-to-Buy properties. Last month, Islington Council members unanimously voted...Read More

New census release shows unemployment rate at 4.5%

Posted on Jan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023 by Sara Romanin Jacur
Unemployment figures hit 4.5 per cent, as captured in the 2021 census. Though this data is an increase from the...Read More

People turn to cash payments amidst economic uncertainty

Posted on Dec 12, 2022 by Diya Joseph
(Picture Credits: Philip Veater on Unsplash) Latest findings by Vista Technology Support identified a 72 per cent rise in cash...Read More

Cost of living crisis deepens as temperatures plummet

Posted on Dec 12, 2022Jan 21, 2023 by Shreeyashi Ojha
(Picture Credit:WD Stock Photos/Shutterstock) The latest data released by Joseph Rowntree Foundation showed that low-income households could not afford basic...Read More

Young workers in the UK lose £2.5 billion this year due to minimum wage gap

Posted on Dec 9, 2022Jan 21, 2023 by Thuy Bui
(Photo credit: StockSnap/Pixabay) Almost one million workers aged under 21 in the UK face £2.5 billion in lost earnings this...Read More

Maudsley Hospital staff workers rally for entitled pay rise

Posted on Dec 8, 2022Dec 8, 2022 by Diya Joseph
(Photo Credits: Diya) Cleaning and catering staff at Maudsley Hospital staged a demonstration over rejected pay claims at its entrance...Read More

Leading charities call for immediate solutions to lower energy bills in national day of action

Posted on Dec 7, 2022 by Martina Gramazio
(Photo Credit: Martina Gramazio) Over forty events organised in the UK on Saturday, after a national day of action against...Read More

Vox Pop: Has the rising cost of living affected the upcoming Christmas plans?

Posted on Dec 6, 2022Dec 6, 2022 by Yijia Wu
Photo by Yijia Wu From travel, presents, celebratory parties and family visits, Christmas is often an expensive time of year....Read More

Mayor calls for free school meals to be offered to all primary school children in London

Posted on Dec 1, 2022Dec 7, 2022 by HSIN PAI
(Photo Credit: Yijia Wu) Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has urged the government to provide free school meals to all...Read More
Picture Credits - Brett Jordan

Vox Pop: Is the government’s recommendation to increase minimum living wage by roughly 10% enough in this cost-of-living crisis?

Posted on Nov 29, 2022Dec 6, 2022 by Diya Joseph
(Photo Credit: Brett Jordan) Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has approved a recommendation to increase the minimum national living wage by 9.7...Read More

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