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Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues

Nigel Farage gets heckled at London local election launch

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Revealed: Many Asian people “afraid to leave the house” as Met records rise in hate crimes despite pandemic

Andrew Kersley
31 March, 2021

The findings come as an official government review tries to downplay the impact of racism in the UK.

A placard at a climate change protest with text reading "There is no planet B"

Caroline Lucas: Why we must shift to a wellbeing economy post-pandemic

Caroline Lucas
30 March, 2021

Caroline Lucas is calling for a paradigm shift in economic policy to prioritise environment, wellbeing, equality and resilience over GDP growth

plastic bottles

Recycled rhetoric and the glaring hole in the Tories’ Environment Bill

Steve Hynd
30 March, 2021

‘This is the government’s last chance to show real leadership ahead of COP26’

Revealed: Benefit cap hurting nearly 200,000 households

Josiah Mortimer
30 March, 2021

The vast majority of households hit by the cap are families with children.

Government axes the Green Homes Grant: what’s next?

William Baker
30 March, 2021

Scrapping this grant will set us back in the battle against fuel poverty.

‘A show of force’ by police: Bristol protesters describe what happened

Anvee Bhutani
29 March, 2021

On social media protestors are asserting a different narrative, of police inciting the majority of the violence and protesters largely reacting to it.

ReJoinEU mayoral candidate: The voices of Londoners who voted Remain are ‘being ignored’

Sophia Dourou
29 March, 2021

“Brexit won the day, we’ve had Brexit but there are problems with Brexit, and trying to ignore those problems, sweep them under the carpet just isn’t working,” said Hewison.

Kenny MacAskill MP: “Why I’ve quit the SNP to join Salmond’s Alba party”

Kenny MacAskill MP
29 March, 2021

Kenny MacAskill MP is arguing that a new Scottish independence party will strengthen the case for a second referendum

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Using nuclear weapons to fight the Culture War: that’s Far Right government

Natalie Bennett
26 March, 2021

‘Centrism, leaving things much as they are, is no longer practically possible,’ says Natalie Bennett

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Prof Prem Sikka: Political institutions must be freed from the clutches of private money

Prem Sikka
26 March, 2021

‘We do not have a citizen-led democracy,’ says Professor Prem Sikka

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