The Latest Breaking News from John Dickie

Andy Burnham warned: Slash funding for Tube upgrades and risk losing Labour MPs in London

Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to channel billions more in public funding to the regions

Evening Standard · Jun 23

Scottish child payment increase ‘falls short’, says poverty action group

Tuesday’s Scottish Budget revealed the Scottish child payment will rise to £40 in 2027-28.

Evening Standard · Jan 13

Britain faces lost decade after Reeves Budget failed to shift growth dial, say London bosses

They are setting up their own Growth Commission to identify measures to boost London firms and the UK economy

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

'It's a gamble': Economist gives verdict on UK Government benefit cuts

The UK Government is unlikely to see a boost in employment rates on the back of making cuts to disability benefits, an economic expert has said.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 30, 2025

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke out after the UK Government set out a series of reforms to the welfare system.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival

A historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

Keir Starmer's child poverty plan ‘not credible’ if two-child cap remains

KEIR Starmer’s plans to reduce child poverty “will not be credible” if he does not cooperate with the Scottish Government and scrap the…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2024

‘Exceptionally worrying’ health trends to continue under Labour’s austerity

GOVERNMENT austerity policies will risk continuing “exceptionally worrying and unprecedented” health trends, a poverty expert has warned ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22, 2024

UK newspaper coverage of the 1967 six-day Arab-Israeli war foresaw decades of conflict in Middle East

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, describes his country’s war against Hamas as Israel’s “second war of independence”. The first was fought in 1948, but the war that gave Israel control of Gaza took place 19 years later.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

The ‘low hanging fruit’ on London businesses’ Autumn Statement wishlist

Next month’s Autumn Statement is unlikely to be one filled with tax cuts and lavish spending plans

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023