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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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The Chancellor must have the guts to end the immoral fuel duty freeze

Paul Tuohy
24 February, 2021

This car subsidy must end next week – for the sake of people and our planet.

Climate change

Net zero capital? What London’s political parties can offer to tackle the climate crisis

Josiah Mortimer
23 February, 2021

Sadiq Khan has backed a target of net zero by 2030 if he’s re-elected. What could mayoral candidates offer London to make that happen?

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We need more grassroots projects to avert climate disaster

Simon Branner
23 February, 2021

Zero carbon schemes need to be celebrated – and expanded – to boost our chances of averting the climate crisis.

UnionDues: The government has lost control of health and safety in Britain’s workplaces

Simon Sapper
23 February, 2021

Plus: Why unions can’t rely on the courts.

Keir Starmer’s backwards approach on drugs policy is baffling

Tim Kiely
23 February, 2021

He must know the war on drugs has failed. So why is he wedded to this blinkered policy?

Plaid Cymru MP: Poor children in Wales failed by school meals policy

Leanne Wood
22 February, 2021

Free schools meals are failing to reach many of those who need them most in Wales.

gig economy

The organisers behind Uber drivers’ landmark victory for workers’ rights

Sophia Dourou
22 February, 2021

The historic victory on Friday means that they are now considered workers and with rights for minimum wage, holiday pay and protection from discrimination.

Why the secretive royal ‘veto’ practice needs scrutiny

Sophia Dourou
22 February, 2021

The archaic practice of Queen’s consent allows the Crown to vet certain laws

The bankers are bluffing, don’t scrap the bonus cap

Luke Hildyard
19 February, 2021

There’s no shortage of people wanting to be senior bankers.

Exclusive: Greens blast “insulting” honour for American BP oil exec

Joe Lo
19 February, 2021

BP is responsible for more CO2 emissions than the entire nation of India.

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