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Why Can’t Learner Drivers Get Their License?

Rebecca Richard — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:49:02 +0000

Learning to drive is an eagerly anticipated milestone. However, the rising costs of lessons, fuel and insurance, forces many learner drivers to hit the brakes on securing their licenses.

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The Demise Of Third Places And Why It’s Making Us Lonely

Nicola De-Ats — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:41 +0000

Despite being hyper-connected, thanks to social media, we are more isolated than ever. Why? The slow and steady demise of our third places may be to blame.

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How The Pandemic Affected Volunteering

Beatrice McKenzie — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:22 +0000

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of volunteering in the UK have seen a sharp decline. Now, with the UK facing a host of new crises, charities are struggling to meet the increased demand for their services with a decreased workforce.

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Compromising At Christmas During A Cost of Living Crisis

Cara-Louise Scott — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:47:24 +0000

The cost-of-living crisis has meant that many people in the UK are struggling financially. With rising bills and food costs, so many of us are forced to create rigorous budgets and cut back on even the smallest of spends.

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OPINION: Milk Pours are a Problematic Form of Protest

Lauren Jones — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:16:12 +0000

Vegan activists calling for a plant-based future recently targeted UK supermarkets and poured milk from the supermarket shelves onto the floor. The form of protest, dubbed as a ‘milk pour’, has sparked much controversy.

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Britain mourned the loss of its Queen, but some face even greater losses

Nayana McGee — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:07:42 +0000

Amid the grief and mourning for our late Queen, Britain seemed to forget that life, does indeed, go on.

On the day of her coronation in 1953, the Queen pledged her life to the service of her people. So why, on the day that an estimated 50 per cent of the population came together to watch her funeral, was this promise all but forgotten?

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The Damaging Effects of Rising Costs on Period Poverty

Cara-Louise Scott — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:25:38 +0000

It is a fact now that we are living in a cost-of-living crisis. Countless families and young people are struggling to afford essentials, such as food and rent. From fuel costs to gas and electricity bills, and food everything is rising in price, which is unparalleled with a lack of paychecks increasing in conjunction, so it is no surprise that we are living in a financial dilemma.

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Rishi Sunak promises economic support to tackle cost of living crisis

Jenny Laura Frost — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 08:39:55 +0000

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has promised billions of pounds of financial support to help families and businesses during the cost of living crisis, set only to worsen into a recession during the winter and well into 2023.

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Motorway delays as “go-slow” convoys protest fuel prices

clairegdickson — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:02:46 +0000

With rocketing fuel prices being a key part of the current cost of living crisis, protestors in England took action. Three-lane motorways saw convoys of vehicles causing congestion across two lanes whilst the ‘fast’ outside lane was left free.

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