Hounslow woman Sarah Spoor put out a powerful and moving video last week in which, without speaking, she explained how government and local authority cuts had left her feeling suicidal […]
The Government has today announced further cuts to schools, hospitals, prisons, police services and armed forces to pay for what amounts to a real terms pay cut for many of the […]
The Tories disgraced themselves in the recent local election campaign, with at least eighteen councillors or candidates suspended because of vile racist, misogynist or homophobic comments – and then the party’s […]
Ursuline Catholic Primary School in Sefton, to the north of Liverpool, has been at the centre of controversy of the last few weeks after the school put up a banner […]
Prime Minister Theresa May visited a school in Trafford on Monday, as part of her ‘campaigning’ for Thursday’s local elections. Last week, the SKWAWKBOX showed that Mrs May was taken […]
As BBC North-West has reported this evening, the University of Liverpool – scene of student and teaching staff protests as part of national industrial action to protect pensions – has […]
Pm Tuesday evening, the SKWAWKBOX published a list of the MPs, including 302 Tories, who voted to deprive over a million schoolchildren of a free, hot school meal – at […]
In this guest post, activist Jess Tomlinson details the draconian cuts inflicted on England’s Children’s Centres and calls for help to reverse the decline. Children’s Centre across England are facing […]
BBC Radio Five Live today carried a segment on poverty. The first caller to the show related a shocking, real-life example of the levels of poverty and desperation some people […]
The SKWAWKBOX reported recently on the Tory social media mix-up in which the Conservatives Twitter account said that Theresa May had been out campaigning in Surrey – with an Australian […]