This week’s FOTM is republished from The Conversation. It addresses the recent reports that a child at Stewards Academy in Harlow, Essex, was punished for a grade below 90% on their maths homework.
Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women
This week’s Friends Of The Meteor article is republished from The Conversation. It tackles the UK media narrative and the ideology pushed by those seeking to exploit the abuse of children for political ends.
The cost of living crisis has been many years in the making – but politicians on both sides ignore this
Even with the UK government’s Energy Price Guarantee, households are struggling financially, and the economy is in trouble. Things need to change, but no mainstream politicians are addressing the real issues.
Social housing evictions after Covid induced protections end
Following the end of the ‘evictions ban’, Greater Manchester Law Centre did some research into the social housing sector in Greater Manchester. Social housing providers’ responses to Freedom of Information requests were used to consider the arguments against using ‘mandatory grounds’ to make evictions more ‘efficient’.