EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Mark Mulvihill, Reform UK Brighton Pavilion MP Candidate : GENERAL ELECTION 2024
An unexpected twist in the 2024 general election has been the rise of the Nigel Farage-led Reform UK party. Reform has been standing candidates in almost every constituency, with Mark…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sarah Webster, Conservative MP Candidate for Brighton Pavilion: GENERAL ELECTION 2024
Election day, Thursday 4 July, is just a day away. As campaigning is heating up in the final few days, The Badger spoke with Sarah Webster, the Conservative Party candidate…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Siân Berry, Green Party MP Candidate for Brighton Pavilion : GENERAL ELECTION 2024
Across the UK, MP candidates have been setting out their agendas for constituents. Brighton Pavilion has seated the only Green Party MP for fourteen years – Caroline Lucas. After announcing…
General Election: What You Need to Know
At 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday 22 May, Rishi Sunak announced that the King had granted permission for the dissolution of Parliament. He named the official date for the UK’s general…
Caroline Lucas, Green MP, visits University of Sussex Palestine encampment
Green MP from Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas visited the student encampment at the university today. Speaking with The Badger, she said, “I support the students’ peaceful encampments. I think right…
Sussex Will Not Condemn Palestine Genocide, Says VC Roseneil
Vice-Chancellor Professor Sasha Roseneil has defended the University of Sussex Executive Team’s decision to “not a specific institutional position on the conflict in Israel-Gaza/Palestine.” In a message sent to all…
2 in 5 Students Consider Dropping Out Due to Rent Costs
The annual National Student Accommodation Survey, published on 8 February, has highlighted the serious struggles facing students across the UK in finding and affording suitable housing. The survey of over…
Sussex Former Prison to House Asylum-Seekers
Despite fierce local opposition, unanswered fundamental questions and seemingly misleading and politicised Home Office press releases, the Government is planning to convert a former Sussex prison into an asylum detention…
Rumours About Military Conscription Concern Young People
Recent comments from top military officials have sparked rumours about what could happen if NATO goes to war against Russia. Questions about the restart of a military conscription in the…
Controversial DSA Restructuring Leaves Students in the Lurch
Structural changes to the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) sector that come into effect this spring are having significant negative impacts on students, and have left only two major companies dominating…
Britain’s Heading Right In 2024
One should be hesitant when predicting the length of Prime Minister’s terms in office, yet it has become popular to believe this is Rishi Sunak’s last year as the head…
Brighton Council to Ban Fast Food Ads in Fight Against Obesity
As a response to the UK’s fight against obesity, Brighton & Hove City Council has decided to limit the publicity for high fat, sugar, and salt foods (HFSS). This has…
Holding Power to Account: Interview with MP Lloyd Russel-Moyle
As members of parliament go, Labour’s Lloyd Russel-Moyle is a rather interesting case. Elected to represent Brighton’s Kemptown constituency in 2017, the 37-year-old has made his name in a number…
Clampdown on “Rip-Off” Degrees
In July, the Department for Education announced plans to cap universities accepting students for “rip-off” degrees, as identified by excessive drop-out rates and low employment records post-graduation. At the University…
Student Rental Crisis Worsens
A recent Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) report published alongside Unipol found that student accommodation rent has increased by 14.6% over the last two academic years, leaving thousands of students…
Marking Boycott Called Off
The University and College Union (UCU) took industrial action across the country during the 2022/2023 academic year to improve pay and working conditions for members in higher education. Alongside regular…
Hundreds of Thousands of Workers to Strike on National Right to Strike Day
Words by Ali Abdi 100,000 civil service workers are to strike on 1 February in an escalating dispute over pay, pensions, jobs and redundancy conditions, the Public and Commercial Service…
World Economic Forum Report states that the cost of living crisis is hampering the ability to stay in line with climate action objective
Words by Cameron Trencher, News Print Editor The cost of living crisis is hampering the ability to stay in line with climate action goals, according to a new report from…
University Staff to Stage 18 Days Of Strikes
Words by Ali Abdi More than 70,000 staff at 150 UK universities are set to strike for 18 days over February and March, the University and Colleges Union (UCU) has…
A Teary Goodbye to the Bendy Buses
Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Editor On Monday the 7th of November, the Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s Mercedes Citaro fleet, better known as the ‘bendy buses’, made its final…