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Reform UK becomes biggest party in Warwickshire as Tories implode in local elections

Reform UK has become the largest party in Warwickshire following Thursday’s local elections, with the Conservatives’ eight-year hold on Warwickshire County Council coming to an end. The Council includes Leamington Spa, Warwick, and Kenilworth, and has control over bin collections and social services throughout the region, alongside other responsibilities. The...
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Posted May. 3, 2025
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Warwick students condemn government’s disability benefit cuts

Disabled students at Warwick have condemned the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits, with some describing them as “abhorrent” and “inhumane”. The backlash comes amid a raft of welfare reforms recently announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as part of her Spring Statement on 26 March. These include a tightening of...
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Posted Apr. 1, 2025
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Coventry campaigners protest ‘despicable’ and ‘cowardly’ disability benefit cuts

Disability rights activists in Coventry have protested against the Government’s disability benefits cuts, branding the plans as “a weak, cowardly attack” on over a million disabled people. The demonstration held in Coventry’s central Broadgate square on 22 March formed part of a ‘National Day of Action’ organised by disability rights...
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Posted Mar. 28, 2025
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International Women’s Day: six female trailblazers in STEM

To mark International Women’s Day, six of our writers celebrate women in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics that inspire them. Fionnghuala O’Reilly – Anna Bickerton Sharp, savvy and brilliantly articulate, Fionnghuala ‘Fig’ O’Reilly has made her mark in all things data science, media… and beauty pageantry? If...
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Posted Mar. 8, 2025