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23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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Dr Joe McManners
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Across the country, GPs are witnessing a surge in mental health issues. It’s time to deal with the root causes, writes Dr Joe McManners.

Holyrood candidates pledge to resist Tories’ post-Brexit border regime

Josiah Mortimer
20 April, 2021

Campaigners fear the ‘hostile environment’ will soon be extended to thousands of EU nationals.

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Josiah Mortimer
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Left-wing MPs are sounding the alarm over a US insurance giant’s new ‘partnership’ with surgeries in London.

England’s local elections: What you need to know

20 April, 2021

Democracy Club’s network of volunteers have trawled through thousands of nomination papers for England’s local elections in May. Here’s what they learnt.

Plans to make misogyny a crime miss the point

Rebekah Pierre
19 April, 2021

The strategy fails to address the root cause of misogyny – male violence against women.

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