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23 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

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Consultation finds overwhelming support for clearing ex-miners’ names.

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Tina Rothery
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British banks are still profiting from exploiting some of the most dangerous fossil fuel projects around the world.

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Sophia Dourou
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Several government-approved firms providing Covid tests have links to the Conservative party.

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Sophia Dourou
16 August, 2021

The UK must live up to its obligations to those who assisted it over the two-decade war.

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Chris Jarvis
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Denyer and Ramsay’s pitch to the membership is centred around professionalising the party, getting more Greens elected and pushing for action on the climate.

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Why calls for more military intervention in Afghanistan spectacularly miss the point

Symon Hill
16 August, 2021

Every justification for war used by Bush and Blair and their successors has been exposed as at best naive optimism and at worst outright deception.

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Four questions Conservative party Co-Chair Ben Elliot should answer

Alexandra Warren
15 August, 2021

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Barrister criticises borders bill saying it will undermine progress against modern slavery

Alexandra Warren
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