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The Great Social Media Ban: Will It Protect Children?

Will The UK Repeat Australia's Mistakes and introduce Digital ID through the backdoor or drive children to the unregulated Dark web? It is often associated with illegal activities, such as marketp...
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England's Student Debt Burden in 2026

Why Graduates in England Feel the System Is Not Fair For many young people in England, higher education was sold as an investment in their future. Students were encouraged to take on significant d...
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Keir Starmer's Sentencing Contradiction: Architect or Outraged Bystander?

You Can't Write the Rules and Then Blame the Referee. Stephen Morris, General Secretary of the Workers of England Union, said: "The Workers of England Union is an independent Trade Union and we h...
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Investing in Education is Investing in England’s Future - Pt.2

The debate over school funding in England is often framed purely as a cost to taxpayers. However, economic evidence increasingly shows that investment in education delivers long-term benefits for ...
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England’s Working Poor: Why the British Government Is Failing Families in England Pt.2

England is now facing a national disgrace created by consecutive British Governments. Working families are falling into poverty at rates normally associated with far weaker economies. [Read Part 1...
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Work Is No Longer Enough: The New Face of Child Poverty in England - Pt 1.

For generations, working people across England and Britain were sold a simple promise: - work hard, play by the rules, and your family would stay above the poverty line. That promise is collapsing....
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Why England cannot afford to become entirely dependent upon judges alone.

The horrifying Hampshire rape case, where teenage boys convicted of raping young girls escaped immediate custody, has reignited a debate that reaches far beyond sentencing. At the heart of the publ...
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Investing in Education is Investing in England’s Future. Pt 2

In Part 1 'Schools at financial breaking point', and why England Cannot Afford to Let Education Run on Empty.The debate over school funding in England is often framed purely as a cost to taxpayers....
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Vacancies Falling, Unemployment Rising: England’s Workers Are Paying the Price

England’s labour market is moving steadily towards crisis. Vacancies are collapsing, unemployment is rising, and workers across the country are facing growing insecurity as economic pressures deep...
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Schools at Financial Breaking Point 2026 Pt.1

England Cannot Afford to Let Education Run on Empty. Part 1: Funding Crisis Deepens Head teachers across England are warning that schools are being pushed towards financial breaking point as risi...
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