Columnists
Prem Sikka: How the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the government’s latest erosion of hard-won rights
'The Bill only targets the less well-off. There is no equivalent surveillance of legislators who accept payments to advance the interests of their corporate paymasters.'
We need to get real about the risks and possibilities of self-driving cars
'If you put self-driving into the equation, you potentially massively increase the climate impacts.'
Paul Nowak: The Tories are today back doing what they enjoy most: Attacking unions
Let’s be clear. These Conservative anti-strike laws are a dog’s dinner – they’re shambolic and unworkable and will frustrate employers, workers and unions alike.
The return of David Cameron shows Rishi Sunak has no interest in reversing austerity
'Cameron was anything but a centrist, but he “did a remarkably good job of playing one on television.'
Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people
'The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.'
Even more powers of domestic surveillance? It is over-the-top already
We have savage reductions in the right to protest; we have deeply concerning directions of travel for democracy and freedom of speech.