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“Michael has missed a moment” – Extinction Rebellion share disappointment after meeting with Gove

Extinction Rebellion has shared its disappointment following a planned meeting with Michael Gove, saying it was "less shit” than they thought it would be, “but only mildly”. The activist group say the Environment Secretary has “missed a moment” after he failed to promise concrete action to tackle climate change, despite admitting that the UK is not a world leader on climate. Clare Farrell of Extinction Rebellion said: “It was less shit than I thought it would be, but only mildly....

‘Virtually stagnant’ social mobility in UK and it could get worse

A worrying report from the Social Mobility Commission has found that social mobility hasn’t changed since 2014. Its State of the Nation investigation concluded that inequality will remain in society unless the Government takes urgent action to change the status quo. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, pledged to tackle the “burning injustice” in Britain when she took the top job back in 2016. However, the following year all of the commissioners quit their roles monitoring social mobility, claiming that the...

Theresa May to face first grassroots vote to oust a PM in the history of the Conservative Party

Theresa May will become the first Conservative leader in the party's history to face a grassroots vote to oust her after rank and file activists forced an Emergency General Meeting to discuss the party’s leadership. The Prime Minister is set to be hauled in front of a meeting of 800 constituency chairmen and senior activists in June, who will decide whether to demand her resignation for failing to deliver Brexit. Although the vote will not be binding, losing it would...

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