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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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Latest Posts

If ‘taking back control’ means anything, we need a second referendum on the terms of Brexit

Salman Shaheen
22 January, 2018

It was grossly unclear what people were voting for the first time around.

Save our NHS campaign

Under the surface, there’s another NHS crisis

Dave Munday
19 January, 2018

The crisis in A&E dominates the headlines – but mental health provision is being torn up across the country.

Why Donald Trump backs a hard Brexit

Alison McGovern
19 January, 2018

It’s in the US’ interest for us to break all ties with the EU. But to stand up to bullies like Trump, we need real negotiating clout.

This simple change in the law could save our music venues

James English
19 January, 2018

After a concerted campaign, the government have agreed to back new legislation which could protect live music in the UK.

BREAKING: The public back remaining in Single Market and Customs Union

19 January, 2018

Voters reject Theresa May’s harsh Brexit – suggesting Labour’s Parliamentary rebels have public backing.

A ‘Minister for Loneliness’ won’t fix our broken society

Charlotte England
18 January, 2018

Tory policies have fragmented society and left us all feeling isolated. Creating a ‘Minister for Loneliness’ now is too little too late

Almost everybody thinks the government was wrong to bail out StageCoach – even Conservatives

Charlotte England
18 January, 2018

As the Carillion collapse raises questions about outsourcing contracts, it appears the public has finally had enough of privatisation, with 57% calling for our railways to be renationalised

People are being sent to prison unlawfully for not being able to afford council tax

Charlotte England
18 January, 2018

A judge has said that up to 18% of council tax imprisonments a year may be ‘unlawful’

Take more refugees, the French president will urge the PM tomorrow. Here’s why we need to

Frazer Merritt
17 January, 2018

Rather than striving to obstruct them at every opportunity, the government should accept more refugees and invest in their integration.

Trying to rebrand as green, the Tories are taking credit for EU policies they tried to block

Molly Scott Cato
17 January, 2018

The history of our EU membership is a story of governments claiming credit for EU achievements on the one hand, and blaming Brussels for their own failings on the other.

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