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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

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Who will care for the elderly if Sajid Javid gets his way? The answer is depressing

Joe Lo
17 December, 2018

Javid wants to restrict “low-skilled” immigration

‘Cold, hungry kids with shoes held together with tape’ – Teachers report “dickensian” winter poverty

Joe Lo
17 December, 2018

A poll has found poverty has got worse in the last three years

The ‘should we feel sorry for Theresa May’ debate is condescending and sexist

Diana Harrison
17 December, 2018

We shouldn’t be discussing whether to feel sorry for Theresa May or not

Britain’s close neighbour is set to ban zero hours contracts

Josiah Mortimer
14 December, 2018

It could pile pressure on the Tories to ban the controversial contracts.

Youth branch of the Greens in open revolt over overhaul to party’s structures

Josiah Mortimer
14 December, 2018

“The proposals presented in the Holistic Review referendum risk severely undermining our internal democracy, and would deal a serious blow to the work of the Young Greens.”

REVEALED: How to avoid more audit disasters like Carillion

Prem Sikka
14 December, 2018

A series of auditing failures show it’s time for major reform of the sector, argues Prem Sikka in a new report for the Labour Party.

Wetherspoons staff hail strike victory – while bosses try and brush off win

Josiah Mortimer
14 December, 2018

Brighton workers are celebrating after winning an additional pay rise, following unprecedented strike action in October.

People’s Vote campaigners have failed to listen to Leavers. They may find a compromise is better than a nightmare

John Denham
13 December, 2018

Remain campaigners are failing to listen to England-outside-London, argues former Labour MP John Denham.

A homeless person sheltering under a concrete wall

This Tory MP pretended to care about homelessness. His record says otherwise

Joe Lo
13 December, 2018

He’s only mentioned homelessness once in Parliament

Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable shoots the messenger as gunmen roam free

Tim Dawson
13 December, 2018

Northern Ireland’s police are trying to intimidate two journalists

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