At 5am on Tuesday November 1, over a thousand eager customers from all over Northern Ireland lined Royal Avenue in anticipation of being among the first to enter the revamped flagship Primark store.
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Queen’s University Belfast in conjunction with the Students’ Union has launched a free breakfast initiative for students as part of their cost-of-living support package.
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A former Support Worker at the Regina Coeli Hostel warns that more vulnerable women will find themselves on the streets this winter following closure of the hostel in January 2022.
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Rishi Sunak is now set to be the UK’s first British-Asian Prime Minister, after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the race earlier today. In his last bid for leadership, Sunak criticised Truss’ tax plans as “fairy tale economics”, a claim that many will now see as vindicated by the turmoil of her short term as leader.
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After Truss was forced to U-turn on all her other policies, such as the scrapping of the 45p income tax rate, and stopping the rise in corporation tax, it remains to be seen whether this bill will suffer the same fate now that her political project stands in complete ruin.
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With another potential election looming on the horizon, The Scoop has been speaking to students to find out what they think about a second election in 2022.
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Queen’s University Belfast yesterday announced a package of £7.69 million to support staff and students with the cost-of-living crisis, including one off payments to be made in January 2023.
Read MoreAs the academic year gets underway amidst the worst cost-of-living crisis in recent decades, a new report by the National Union for Students indicates that financial worries are sweeping the student population. The report by the NUS has found that students across the UK are “facing a devastating set of economic circumstances that are impacting their health, their wellbeing and their ability to study”.
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In the context of May’s NI Assembly election where Sinn Féin won the largest share of seats, this represents another significant shift to challenge the status quo of a country founded to be ‘a Protestant state for a Protestant people’.
Read MoreClaire Dickson speaks to students impacted by the current accommodation crisis in Belfast and hears from local representatives on what more can be done to combat this.
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