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Could York lead the way on proportional representation?

Celine Barry
Today

Labour and Lib Dem councillors in York unanimously supported a motion to replace First Past the Post with proportional representation

A photo of a ballot box

Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy

Prem Sikka
Today

The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked

Grenfell

We need to end the hostile environment, not create a moral panic against LGBT asylum seekers

Alex Powell
Today

Government policies are creating the conditions through which unethical actors can profit

Shabana Mahmood

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Basit Mahmood
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‘Mr Speaker I gently remind her that two of her predecessors had convictions for breaking Covid rules.’

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Revealed: The first rail services to be brought back into public ownership

Olivia Barber
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“John Major’s decision to privatise British Rail in 1994 was foolish, ideologically-driven, and doomed to fail.”

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News

MPs support proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote

Basit Mahmood
4 December, 2024

t comes after MPs from across the political divide came together last month to issue a cross-party call for Britain’s First Past the Post voting system to be scrapped.

Grenfell
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MPs make fresh calls for criminal proceedings in debate on Grenfell phase 2 report

Olivia Barber
3 December, 2024

“Justice will only truly be served when there are criminal prosecutions and those responsible pay the price.”

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Opinion

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Chris Worrall
3 December, 2024

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Basit Mahmood
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The exodus continues…

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Over three-quarters of UK universities exclude investments in fossil fuel companies

Basit Mahmood
3 December, 2024

‘115 (out of 149) UK universities have now publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels, representing 77% of the UK Higher Education sector’

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The degrowth agenda is a political dead end masquerading as environmental salvation

Chris Worrall
2 December, 2024

Let’s build the future we want to see, not destroy it.

Assisted dying
Opinion

As a GP here’s why I feel conflicted about the Assisted Dying Bill

Shabina Qayyum
2 December, 2024

As a politician, I want nothing more than a fair and accessible society for all. However, as stated above, I fear the implications for my profession.

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