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Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’

Olivia Barber
28 April, 2026 (2 days ago)

Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues

Nigel Farage gets heckled at London local election launch

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Green Party leadership candidate in antisemitism storm over Gaza video

Josiah Mortimer
3 August, 2018

A prominent anti-racism campaign has accused a Green leadership candidate of antisemitism after a video resurfaced of a controversial speech.

Sorry, BBC: I will no longer debate climate-change deniers

Rupert Read
3 August, 2018

The day the charade of ‘balance’ had to stop.

The far right see Brexit as a Trojan horse for their politics – and Tories have opened the door

Eloise Todd
3 August, 2018

The US far right’s links to senior Brexiteers aren’t coincidental: fragmenting the continent is the first step towards fostering extremist politics.

Why young people should be leading the push for a ‘People’s Vote’

Ruth Wilkinson
3 August, 2018

With a catastrophic Brexit outcome looming, Britain’s youth need to get organised.

Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy

Prem Sikka
2 August, 2018

Does the UK really need 360,000 accountants?

Here’s how the housing market could work for everyone

Tom Knight
1 August, 2018

We could reconcile the housing interests of different groups, so that the market works for property owners and people who do not own houses but desperately want to.

Nurses demand union leaders stand down in row over pay deal

Charlotte England
1 August, 2018

With the NHS pay deal failing to deliver what it promised, thousands of nurses have lost faith in their union.

Raising interest rates is the wrong answer to UK households in deficit

Simon Youel
1 August, 2018

A new report shows households have piled on debt to plug the gap between their stagnant incomes and the spiralling costs of living. How can we solve this without stalling the economy?

Jenny Jones: Being a teen environmentalist is not a crime

Jenny Jones
31 July, 2018

Police forces need to readdress their priorities, when they start inventing anti-fracking extremists to target instead of tackling car theft. Baroness Jones writes.

University staff and students unite in support of cleaners who lost half their wages

George Briley
31 July, 2018

After cleaners at a University of London college got further squeezed by the university’s contractor, the Goldsmiths academic community came together in their defence.

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