Oscar Rickett is a journalist who has written and reported for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and Vice. He is a copy editor at Middle East Eye and has worked on a number of documentaries for Channel 4.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationThe mother penalty: the women short-changed by a government support scheme (video)
The COVID-19 support scheme for self-employed people discriminated against mothers. We hear one woman's story and...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19
For many artists, the pandemic has confirmed that the government either doesn’t care about the arts or is actively...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘I lost everything’: COVID-19 and the UK’s Hostile Environment policyMigrant workers and human rights organisations say the Home Office’s failure to respond to the pandemic has left...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationBenefits payments withheld from the chronically ill in COVID-19 government failure
The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationThe fight for cancer patients who were overlooked in Coronavirus failure (video)
A woman with leukaemia and a benefits adviser tell their story of a government failure that left seriously ill...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationA mother, her disabled daughter and the charity that's their “saving glory” (video)
One charity is on a mission to ensure that if there's another lockdown in Northern Ireland, thousands of learning...