UK Ministers Vote to Expand Heathrow
By Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead, Occupy.com
Controversy over Britain's plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London, already the second busiest airport in the world, escalated last month with MPs backing the airport expansion.
In Face of Harsh Austerity, Britain’s Hunger Crisis Sparks First Student-led Food Bank
By Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead, Occupy.com
In 2015, this welcoming café-like sanctuary has offered warmth, a listening ear – and most importantly, it has handed out more than 2,700 food parcels to people of differing backgrounds and ages who are all part of the hunger crisis that is reshaping Britain.
Inequality soaring with bloated executive pay
By Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead, Occupy.com
As income inequality in Britain continues to rise, research conducted by a British think-tank found that executive salaries are 162 times higher than those of the average worker in the U.K.
