Journalism is not about the fictions people want to hear, but the inconvenient facts that they may want to ignore or may be hard to tell
The ‘urban metropolitan elite’ narrative suits a political agenda but it does not reflect the reality of the UK today, argues Maheen Behrana
The Prime Minister previously claimed that ‘all the details are on the record’, reports Sam Bright
Rupert Read and Joseph Eastoe consider the limits of Extinction Rebellion’s radical growth and outline why organisations with greater public appeal, capable of putting significant pressure on politicians, are now needed to capitalise on its success
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A new report on the impact of the Coronavirus and lockdown on working class women shows they had ‘worst of both worlds’, Sian Norris reports
Anthony Barnett had a dream about the future of Britain…
How the press reports suspected Islamic terrorism versus suspected Islamophobic terrorism is a clear double standard, says Christian Christensen
US President Joe Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meet for talks at the Villa La Grange in Geneva. Photo:: ITAR-TASS News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo
A Conservative MP and her husband own a firm that has signed a deal with a company in her constituency
It is no good offering people a ‘story to believe in’ if it ends in harm – but the Prime Minister does not know any other way, observes Jonathan Lis
The impact of EU migration on the UK has barely begun, explains Jonathan Portes
Concerns have been mounting about the local council’s use of recovery funds following the 2017 fire, reports Sam Bright
Julian Mercer investigates more flaws in the Government’s housing policy, which seeks to build new homes for 80,000 ‘ghosts’ and ignores the impact of Brexit
Anti-gender organisations with links to the far-right and European aristocracy have launched a campaign to prevent the approval of the Matic Report on sexual and reproductive health
A report published by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights reveals the extent of money being channelled to anti-abortion, anti-LGBTIQ initiatives
Hannah Charlton explores what the journey of the statue of a Bristol slavetrader is revealing about the wider historical moment the country finds itself in
Brian Cathcart explains why the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report confirms law-breaking and wrongdoing by the press – and how, once again, this will be ignored by the mainstream media
Institutional corruption is wide-ranging, says Alastair Morgan, after the independent panel report into his brother’s 1987 murder is finally published
The G7 summit further wrenched Britain away from our liberal democratic allies, says Mike Buckley
Stephen Colegrave investigates why Medscape indicates the UK has had so many more health worker deaths that elsewhere
Downing Street dodged Parliament and sowed confusion, a new House of Lords review has concluded
John Mitchinson unearths some of the juiciest incidents turning the gossip mills of times past
James Doleman interviews the man once described by the family of Daniel Morgan as the only Metropolitan Police detective they ever trusted
Peter Jukes with a round-up of possible media strategies and news manipulation
We cannot simply ignore the new network, contends Sam Bright
Kensington and Chelsea council has spent £500 million on Grenfell funding since the fire, yet mistrust abounds as the process of justice drags slowly on, writes former local MP Emma Dent Coad
From the Dirty Squad’s Soho days to Andy Coulson in the heart of government, Jake Arnott explains how bent coppers moved on from trading in porn and gold bullion, to information and kompromat
Former detective and BBC Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames explains how she became entangled in a story of press, police corruption and politics when her then-husband started investigating the Daniel Morgan murder
Gary Jones once worked for the News of the World and the Daily Mirror. Today he edits the Daily Express. Will he figure in the report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel, out next week? Brian Cathcart considers the evidence
The Government’s most senior Health official has contradicted the Prime Minister’s claims, reports Sian Norris
On the 40th anniversary of the hit song, Chris Sullivan finds its modern relevance terrifying
A phone update and an ‘IT glitch’ caused the records to be deleted, a court heard today
A firm that has been contracted to supply more than £2.3 billion worth of tests to the UK has been accused of several violations in America by the FDA
A change to the way in which migrant women who have survived domestic abuse enrol their biometric data risks causing anxiety and fear, as well as increasing the burden on charities, reports Sian Norris
Footballers have shown that wealth and fame do not have to stand in the way of campaigning for equality and justice, says Nathan O’Hagan
Ostensibly independent information on COVID-19 is being carefully controlled by the Department of Health and Social Care and Downing Street, internal emails show
We do not require more information from Dominic Cummings to ascertain the truth, argues Sam Bright
The new ‘anti-woke’ platform is merely a new incarnation of a years-long campaign, explains Julian Petley
The Health and Social Care Secretary has been limiting information distributed to the public and inside Whitehall, an insider alleges
Across Central and Eastern Europe, legislators and protesters are launching attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms, Sian Norris reports