Every year, billions of pounds is spent in the NHS. According to the NHS Confederation, planned expenditure for 2017/18 is £123.8bn. The NHS was launched in 1948 with the ideal that good healthcare should be available to all. However, with Britain set to leave the European Union in 2019, how will our emergency services, and healthcare overall, be affected? Many…
Here’s the first in a new series of posts, where we talk to leading #remainers and find out a little more about what they’re up to, their campaigning efforts and why they voted to remain within the EU. First up, we’re speaking to ‘EU Supergirl’ and political activist, Madeleina Kay, to get her insight into the Brexit campaign and the impact of…
S is for #StartUps Our businesses and Essex-preneurs get help to bring their ideas to life. If we leave the EU then we leave our small businesses high and dry. Think we are making this up? Think again. Last year, the European Investment Fund (EIF), committed over £2bn to UK-based venture capital funds between 2011 and 2015. Essex is the UK’s…
S – is for Students What does the EU mean for students? The EU currently provides the opportunity for UK students to study in Europe, and allows students in Europe to study in the UK – with access to financial support. Studying abroad within the EU not only provides UK students with an education from a world-class university at…
When it comes to the things that matter to us it is hard to put them in order of priority. Our families, jobs, studies, welfare, the environment, entertainment, culture and just having some fun – there are SO many different things that seem to matter depending on what sort of day we are having! It’s a bit like a big…
A quarter of the 3 million people in Britain’s hospitality sector are EU nationals. Many are going, with few arriving to replace them. The restaurant and fast food businesses are among those sectors likely to be hardest hit, as the industry relies heavily on overseas workers. The Office for National Statistics estimates that 68,000 EU nationals are employed in the…
Students would change their Brexit vote if they could Student Leave voters report how, in light of recent events, they would change their vote if they could. The extent to which the country’s students were against Brexit in the EU referendum has been revealed in a startling new analysis which has shown that, for every one who voted Leave, almost six voted…
