Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics headlines — including the sad news that retail giant Arcadia are entering administration and high street department store is set to close 124 stores, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

Our policy researcher Heather Lafferty provides the latest political intelligence on Sunak's spending plans, labour exploitation in Leicester garment factories, UK trade, developments in the retail sector and the Environment Bill.

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics headlines— including a new report by the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) showing that a no-deal could cost the UK fashion and textile industry £870m per year.

In November’s first policy long read, our policy researcher Heather Lafferty briefs you on the Brexit talks, international trade, select committee hearings, parliamentary debates and more. Click the button to read the briefing in full.

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics headlines— including the news that Lord Ed Vaizey of Didcot (former minister for culture, communications and creative industries) has written an open letter to the chancellor of the exchequer explaining why the decision to scrap VAT-free shopping for foreign visitors would be an unmitigated disaster.

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics headlines—including the news that the UK has moved a step closer to signing a sixth trade deal in Africa, as negotiations are finalised with Kenya.

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics news headlines—including the news that the Government has decided to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until March and that Marks & Spencer has suffered its first loss in its 94-year history.

Our policy researcher Heather Lafferty provides the latest political intelligence on reforms to further and higher education, legislative developments, Brexit, parliamentary reports, and beyond.

In October’s second Long Brief, our policy researcher Heather Lafferty briefs you on the VAT Retail Export Scheme, the comeback of the Brexit talks, how a trade with the US may not happen in the event of a Biden victory, the Digitally Altered Body Images Bill, other parliamentary bills and early day motions in Parliament. Click the button to read the Brief in full.