What does Mark Carney’s win mean for Canada?
The Liberal Party has staged an unexpected comeback. But with Trump back in the White House, Canada’s new prime minister may need more than economic credentials to hold the line. By any conventional political metric, Mark Carney should not be Prime Minister of Canada. He is a latecomer to party...
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Does labour’s school uniform reform miss the mark?
A new government bill claims to cut costs on UK school uniforms, but critics argue it’s a superficial fix to a deeply stratified system. Keir Starmer’s labour government has announced plans to make school uniforms more affordable. Under the new Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, most state schools in...
Half of first-time property buyers need help from parents
According to estate agency Savills, more than half of all UK first-time buyers received help from their families to purchase a property in 2024. While lower than the previous year, this number is still higher than every other year since 2013. Estate agency Savills has said that over half of...
Opinion – Blue Origin’s view of women’s safety is concerning
On reflection, some of the inadvertent messaging is concerning and shows a lack of progress here on Earth. Last month a group of female American celebrities, including singer Katy Perry, chat show host Gayle King, activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen, HR executive Kerianne Flynn, journalist Lauren Sánchez, and NASA rocket...
Scotland to scrap new law that would criminalise misogyny
The Scottish government has said it will no longer be moving forward with a policy that would criminalise misogyny. Instead, it will be amending existing hate crime legislation. A bill that was poised to reinforce and improve protection for woman and girls in Scotland has been scrapped ahead of...
FA to ban transgender women from football
The Football Association (FA) has announced that transgender women will be banned from playing in women’s football from 1 June. It is a response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that the term ‘women’ only refers to biological women. The FA has announced that transgender women will...
Opinion – Celebrities have the right to set boundaries in public
Robbie Williams recently admitted to struggling with anxiety during fan interactions. His openness puts our pension for performative closeness under the spotlight. ‘Do you think there should be a limit to how many people can access you in one day?’ asks singer Robbie Williams on a now viral Instagram post. Earlier this week, the singer shared a candid series of notes detailing his experience with fans asking for photos. ‘Is there...
New study suggests diet changes could aid endometriosis pain
The report marks a turning point for sufferers of the disease – one which, despite growing awareness, remains grossly under researched. Turns out – if you're one of the estimated 1 in 10 women globally living with endometriosis – there might be something revolutionary about your plate of food. A landmark new study has found that eliminating gluten, dairy, coffee and alcohol can significantly reduce the painful symptoms of the chronic...
Bill Gates to donate ‘virtually all’ his wealth earlier than planned
With the world’s richest nations making major cuts to funding for global health initiatives, Bill Gates has announced he will donate the entirety of his immense wealth earlier than expected. Over the next two decades, his charity is expected to spend more than $200bn on global health programmes. Today, billionaire tech mogul and philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he will spend the next 20 years redistributing all of his wealth...
UN reports highlight sexual violence crisis against children in Sudan
As the civil war in Sudan continues, the United Nations recently released a troubling report detailing a rise in sexual exploitation of children. Sudan’s civil war that has been waged between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has brought extreme abuses against children among the other things, says latest reports. Between 2023 to now, over the period when the civil war in Sudan exploded, the...
