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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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Community and religious groups are having to fill the gaps left by austerity

Dr Jan Jonathan Bock and Dr Sami Everett
11 July, 2017

Aid and welfare have become the concerns of local people following cuts to local services across Europe

We need a review into the gig economy led by workers themselves

Oscar Webb
11 July, 2017

The Taylor review into precarity in work appears be limited in its investigations and its proposed solutions

The ‘nasty party’ is living up to its reputation – and it’s not going to stop

Reece Stafferton
11 July, 2017

The Tory party has a history of racism. It hasn’t and won’t be able to shake it off

Half of disabled people in UK are lonely – Jo Cox Commission

Oscar Webb
11 July, 2017

Negative attitudes among non-disabled people are contributing to a loneliness epidemic.

Revealed: The trade deal you’ve never heard of

Molly Scott Cato
10 July, 2017

The biggest ever free trade agreement was signed by the EU last week. Green MEP Molly Scott-Cato outlines what you need to know.

In one day, the Mail tells women three times that working is bad for them

10 July, 2017

‘This relentless barrage instills a state of mild panic that our nervous systems aren’t designed to handle’

We need a full investigation into PFI hospitals and schools after Grenfell

Oscar Webb
10 July, 2017

The Grenfell tragedy exposed the use of deadly construction methods in for-profit buildings. New evidence shows hundreds more public buildings may be at risk

As a social worker, I know that welfare sanctions trap homeless people in a circle of poverty

7 July, 2017

Welfare sanctions don’t ‘motivate’ homeless people – they grind them down as a message to the rest of us.

The idea of a progressive alliance is dead. The Greens need a new strategy

Rupert Read
7 July, 2017

Green support for the idea of a ‘progressive alliance’ at the last election was just a signal to vote Labour, argues Rupert Read.

Britain’s struggling voters won’t put up with inequality much longer

Dr. Wanda Wyporska
7 July, 2017

Extreme levels of poverty are making our politics far more volatile

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