ruby lott-lavigna
@RubyJLL
investigations @Global_Witness / previously pol cor @openDemocracy @VICEWorldNews @VICEUK http://rubylottlavigna.bsky.social [email protected]
16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next election – but do they actually care? and what do they know about politics? I spoke to gen z about being given the right to vote in the next election for @GlamourMagUK glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/gen-z-…
NEW: Our investigation reveals former Trump associates are cashing in as the US cuts aid. Lobbyists linked to the Tump administration struck $17 million in deals with fragile states, many trading minerals, military access & more. gwitness.org/461JnNd
People linked to the Trump administration are making millions in lobbying deals with nations in crisis. From the DRC to Pakistan, countries are offering minerals, military access & more, while US aid is frozen. gwitness.org/40NrPkf
NEW: Trump-linked firms cash in on mineral lobbying deals as US cuts aid new @Global_Witness investigation reveals how some of the world’s most deprived nations are paying millions to lobbyists with ties to Trump as the country halts foreign aid theguardian.com/global-develop…
🔴 Big exclusive leading Hyphen this morning – data from 119 councils shows half didn't greenlight a SINGLE social rent home in Labour's first six months. Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k. Full story here 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/hal…
BP’s climate u-turn set to cause an extra 72,000 deaths from extreme heat A few weeks ago, BP scrapped its 2030 production target Now our analysis shows the increased emissions from this U-turn will likely cause tens of thousands more heat deaths by 2100 gwitness.org/4jwUyka
NEW: Landlords in London raised rents by 11.5% in the year to December. Landlords will never regulate themselves. We must build on our wins ending section 21 and continue the fight for rent controls.
As the likes of Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate tussle for power, many of us are increasingly concerned about the rise of the right. glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/far-ri…
i wrote about andrew tate's BRUV party and the rising radicalism of young, white men for @GlamourMagUK glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/far-ri…
Getting ready for #PMQs with @bbc5live @RubyJLL @TVNaga01
This is the current scene outside the Guardian/Observer offices in London as staff strike over the Observer sale
Guardian strike latest: Scott Trust chair Ole Jacob Sunde has offered new assurances over future of The Observer (whilst pressing on with sale) as journalists start 48-hour stoppage.
🚨BREAKING: COP29 CEO EXPOSED using climate summit to discuss new oil deals Our latest investigation exposes how Azerbaijan were willing to facilitate fossil fuel deals as part of a sponsorship package. 🌍💰 gwitness.org/4fhvXy6
outstanding undercover work from my @Global_Witness team here, and particularly @LouisJWilsonUK theguardian.com/environment/20…
Fuel duty frozen; bus fares up 50%. All hail the green transition!
Oh nothing, really Just that the thing that absorbs 25% of all carbon emissions has stopped absorbing carbon emissions theguardian.com/environment/20…
I keep checking our PM’s, the human rights lawyer, Sir Keir Starmer’s twitter, for condemnation of any of the atrocities Israel has committed in the last few days, including the Al Aqsa hospital tent burnings. Nothing. Imagine if it wasn’t Palestinian lives but Israeli’s? Is this…
will parliament's new independent MPs be able to actually get anything done? i spent the last few months speaking to them to find out how to advocate for change without the party machine me for @onlinehyphen hyphenonline.com/2024/10/10/ind…