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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

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Oscar Webb
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The PM thinks she can get away with blaming local authorities for the lack of house building in the UK, totally ignoring the facts.

The Greens officially rejected that Labour affiliation idea

5 March, 2018

The party’s spring conference responded directly to the suggestion made by Guardian columnist Owen Jones.

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Onkar Sahota
2 March, 2018

New figures show the effect Brexit is having on NHS recruitment with worse yet to come unless the government take real action.

All change at Brexit-backing Daily Express – as execs from left-wing Mirror take over

Josiah Mortimer
2 March, 2018

Despite claims of ‘no change’ under Trinity Mirror’s ownership, something else is happening on shop floor of the Daily Express and Daily Star…

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Prem Sikka
2 March, 2018

The ‘investment’ model Rutland used to buy out Maplin raises serious questions about the role of private equity firms in the UK.

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Joana Ramiro
1 March, 2018

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EU withdrawal agreement shows government gambling with Britain’s future

Mary Honeyball
1 March, 2018

A two-year transition period is a stopgap, not a solution. Indeed, it’s an act of self-harm.

Food poverty in Britain is now so bad the Women’s Institute have had to step in

Joana Ramiro
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With 1 in 6 adults skipping meals for lack of money, the WI is waging in.

The Greens are wrong about the Co-operative Party: we have real influence with Labour

Claire McCarthy
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Greens have responded with anger to Owen Jones’ call for a Labour/Green alliance – but a similar deal has given the Co-operative Party a strong voice in British politics.

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