England’s local elections: What you need to know
Democracy Club’s network of volunteers have trawled through thousands of nomination papers for England’s local elections in May. Here’s what they learnt.
Guest
The Green Party needs to answer some fundamental questions
Compass Greens write: “The party needs a new strategy. More of the same won’t deliver.”
Coronavirus rules are being used as a tool of racist policing
As long as the Coronavirus Act exists on the nation’s statute books, the police must be held accountable for enforcing it, says campaign group StopWatch.
Our right to trial by jury is under threat
The backlog in our justice system is caused by cuts, not by Covid, write Alex Kane and Emily Bolton from APPEAL.
Money talks: Why the UK government refuses to condemn Turkey [RETRACTED]
Successive Prime Ministers have cosied up to President Erdoğan. It is unjustifiable, writes Chris Madden. [Sponsored partnership feature with Peace Data – now retracted: see co-editor’s note below]
Just some of the shocking police tactics used against Black Lives Matter UK activists
Black Protest Legal Support set out allegations of heavy-handed behaviour from the police, during Black Lives Matter protests last weekend.
We have to fight a bonfire of health and safety protections after Brexit
The government have failed to enact their international obligations on workers’ rights, a new report points out.
EXCLUSIVE: Leading academics set out how to stop the coronavirus crash becoming a Depression
Dozens of academics call for new social rights to be introduced now to avert an economic catastrophe.
In full: Nicola Sturgeon’s speech at the SNP’s election campaign launch
“If there is a hung parliament – an outcome that could give Scotland the balance of power – SNP MPs would seek to form a progressive alliance to lock the Tories out of government.”
How Johnson’s “die in a ditch” pledge turned to dust
The People’s Vote campaign analyse Tuesday’s historic events.
