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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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All the MPs who voted for anonymity over abuse investigations

Josiah Mortimer
20 July, 2018

MPs have rejected an amendment from the chairman of the Committee on Standards, Labour’s Sir Kevin Barron, that would have named politicians being investigated.

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Parliament’s new sexual harassment code is a step forward – but questions still remain

Joana Ramiro Josiah Mortimer
19 July, 2018

MPs have now passed a new policy surrounding bullying and harassment in Westminster. Union figures are conflicted over the system.

Three signs the Tory government isn’t prepared for ‘Brexit hate crime’

Joana Ramiro
19 July, 2018

The police watchdog warned that leaving the EU could lead to a rise in hate crimes. Here’s why things would be even worse than they seem.

Could Labour sue the government?

Matthew Turner
19 July, 2018

We laughed when Donald Trump said Britain should sue the EU – but was he onto something? Matthew Turner writes about using litigation against bad Tory policies.

MPs are outraged at the Tories’ refusal to implement a vital voting change

Josiah Mortimer
18 July, 2018

There is a lot of justified anger in the Commons after the Tory party Chair betrayed a pledge not to vote. Let’s hope that anger turns into action.

Why the new Code governing corporations isn’t worth the paper it’s written on

Prem Sikka
18 July, 2018

The Financial Reporting Council’s Code – released this week – would do nothing to stop collapses like Carillion or BHS.

Look: Right-wing papers ignore the fact everything is on fire

Josiah Mortimer
18 July, 2018

With the prospect of another election – or fresh Brexit vote – surging, it’s all hitting the fan. Unless, that is, you read the right-wing press…

Diane Abbott: Refugees must be protected from forced homelessness and destitution

Diane Abbott
17 July, 2018

Continuing government failures are pushing people seeking asylum in Britain onto the streets. The shadow home secretary lays out how it must end.

This Labour Remainer just called for Brexit to be annulled due to “foul play”

Joana Ramiro
17 July, 2018

One MP took no time to grill the government on what it planned to do about the democratic deficiencies uncovered by the Electoral Commission

Suffrageddon: 100 years on, the battle for women’s suffrage is reaching new audiences

Josiah Mortimer
17 July, 2018

A new musical performed at Latitude festival shows that the feminist battles of the early 20th century are not academic, but can inspire new voices today.

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