The UK is the world’s fifth largest economy. Despite this, across 37 countries studied by OECD, the UK ranked 35th for the percentage of fibre connections in its total fixed broadband infrastructure. Many have used this research to argue that the UK is seriously falling behind in terms of providing adequate broadband connectivity for its…

COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Over 300,000 people have now been infected across the world, with a reported 5,683 of those cases in the UK. However the actual number of people infected with the virus is expected to be a lot higher. For years, scientists have warned that the world has been unprepared…

The government’s revised Environment Bill 2020 recently saw its second reading in Parliament. It discussed the agenda for environmental reform in a post-Brexit landscape. The bill focuses on creating new legislation around air quality, biodiversity, water usage, waste reduction and resource efficiency. It will also see the introduction of a new regulatory watchdog, called the…

In the last five years, a concerning trend has developed. There is now a huge disparity between the number of rape offences reported to the police, and the number of prosecutions made. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) published its Rape Inspection report in 2019. The results were shocking. It outlined that out of 58,657…