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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

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Latest Posts

This is why BBC studios across the country are being picketed this week

Joana Ramiro
20 December, 2018

Extinction Rebellion activists will be protesting outside broadcasting sites in London, Manchester and Birmingham.

A court has ruled that the Tories’ pension reform is actually age discrimination

Joana Ramiro
20 December, 2018

The firefighters’ union case against the government’s pension scheme was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Molly Scott Cato: As Remainers, we can’t assume we’ll win a second referendum

Molly Scott Cato
19 December, 2018

The right’s rhetoric in 2016 was frighteningly effective. Remainers need to be prepared and speak to the ‘left behind’, writes Green MEP Molly Scott Cato.

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Backers of the ‘Norway option’ are as guilty of ignoring Leavers as anyone

Cathleen Clarke
19 December, 2018

A young People’s Vote campaigner hits back at former Labour minister John Denham’s critique of the Remain campaign.

Amid the Brexit chaos, UK climate policy risks being totally derailed

Sue Ferns
19 December, 2018

We can’t let Brexit derail efforts to avert catastrophic climate change, writes the Prospect union’s Sue Ferns.

Christmas appeal: We need your help to build a progressive media

Josiah Mortimer
19 December, 2018

This year has shown how much we need campaigning journalism.

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How the Tories’ new immigration policy will undermine workers’ rights

Owen Espley
18 December, 2018

On International Migrants Day, Owen Espley explains how Brexit will make life even worse for migrant workers.

A government review of the auditing industry is dodging major reforms

Prem Sikka
18 December, 2018

The government is backing a new report on audit reform, but it lacks radical edge. Prem Sikka writes.

Twelve youth organisations are demanding MPs deliver a People’s Vote

Joana Ramiro
18 December, 2018

Over 250 young people have signed a letter calling on MPs to “protect their future”.

Natalie Bennett: Polluters should be expelled from next year’s COP

Natalie Bennett
17 December, 2018

Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennet reports from the COP climate talks

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