Opinion
First Past the Post helped the Conservatives avoid a much worse set of election results
Unlock Democracy’s analysis of the results shows, in changing the voting system for these elections, the Conservatives avoided a much worse set of PCC results.
Mick Lynch: We need binding laws to prevent vicious race to the bottom for seafarers’ jobs
'P&O have been preventing seafarers from ‘interacting with the British economy’ for years'
Bold reforms are needed to tackle lobbying by the rich and powerful
'No longer can we tolerate a system in which getting your way in Westminster is based not on what you know, but on who you know'
Why I’ve quit Labour to campaign for Greens and Independents
'I’m now sitting as an independent councillor, but I don’t feel politically homeless or hopeless.'
Pensioner poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy is a political choice
To avert a major humanitarian and economic crisis, governments need to be bold and commit to aligning the state pension with the living wage
Here’s why rising child poverty is a political choice
A nation’s wealth and greatness is not measured by the number of billionaires but by how well it takes care of its children and weakest members