Clothing colonialism: Stroud and the East India Company
“The details of past and present colonial exploitation outlined here, and Stroud’s own benefiting from it, shouldn’t come as a fundamental surprise.”
A low bar: Why is Councillor Debbie Young's continued perpetuation of xenophobic attitudes so unexceptional?
By Jamie O’Dell
Immigrants – specifically asylum seekers and refugees making the dangerous channel crossing by boat – are some of
Express Dale-ivery: Ecotricity founder shacks up with right-wing media
By Ben Norris and Jamie O’Dell
Yesterday morning’s edition of the Daily Express was a little different to
Covid-19 and the effects on women's careers and mental health
By Laurie Davies
If you have been reading the news recently this article won’t come as new information but
Letter: vaccination for privately and self employed Group 2 social care workers is urgently needed
“Local authorities, working with the CQC and local resilience forum partners, are responsible for ensuring that all employers of frontline social care workers in their area are identified and provided with the necessary information and support to make arrangements for the vaccination of staff.”
The £20 extra a week in welfare is all that’s keeping many from poverty, MPs must fight to make it permanent.
by Jamie O’Dell
In a parliamentary vote last night, only six Conservative MPs supported a non-binding resolution calling for
‘Simply inadequate’ and ‘meagre’: private companies under scrutiny as local residents impacted by Free School Meal provisions
By Cassius Smith-Frazer and Jamie O’Dell
Another day, another outsourcing scandal. When the UK went back into lockdown on
The school lunches scandal: Why our outrage isn’t enough
By Laurie Davies
There is a lot of discussion and, obviously, disgust around what has been given to families in
An Open Letter to the Stroud News and Journal: Stop Platforming Covid Misinformation
By Ben Norris and Jamie O’Dell
As Stroud heads back into lockdown, local debate over anti-vax and anti-lockdown protesters
