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Government May Face Legal Challenge Over Voter ID in Elections Next Year
A legal briefing by Good Law Project says that election groups will have to closely monitor who loses out when mandatory voter ID comes into force in just a matter of months
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As the World Cup Begins in Qatar, South Africa Counts the Cost of Hosting the Tournament in 2010
Joe Walsh explores how the reality of the 2010 World Cup hasn’t matched the hype
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The Toxin of Televisuality
As the democratic dangers posed by social media are exposed, the degradation of our politics by the small screen should not be forgotten, writes AC Grayling
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The Identity Trap: No One Narrative Can Encompass the Different Dimensions of Diversity
As Britain welcomes its first Asian Prime Minister, Hardeep Matharu explores how our pluralistic society is reflected in the multiplicity of its migrant experience – as demonstrated by the different reactions to Rishi Sunak’s rise
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The Financial Takeover of Government
Sam Bright explores how the masters of high finance have been welcomed into the heart of power
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‘A World Cup Like No Other’
The whiff that lingered at the announcement that Qatar would host the 2022 tournament has never faded, writes Gary Gowers
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‘It was As If I had been Sitting Underwater’: Residents of Liberated Kherson Celebrate and Mourn
Chris York speaks to those who have been living with terror in the only regional Ukrainian capital the Russians had captured since its reinvasion in February
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‘Where’s the World Cup Fever?’
As the famous tournament kicks off this weekend in Qatar, Adrian Goldberg explores why this year’s event is attracting a more muted excitement
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All the Bad News Jeremy Hunt Hid In his Autumn Statement
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement will go down as one of the most dishonest political statements in living memory, writes Adam Bienkov
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Sponsor Microsoft Partnering with Egypt’s Big Oil Drive to ‘Increase’ Fossil Fuel Investments
Documents reveal Microsoft is working with the Egyptian Government to use COP27 to maximise fossil fuel exploitation – and the owners of the Daily Mail are helping them
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More Than A Third Of Food Parcels Given to Children
Ellie Newis and Sian Norris report on the extent and impact of child poverty as Britain continues to grapple with the cost of living crisis
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After an Era of Austerity, What is Left to Cut?
Sian Norris digs into the data on a decade of cuts, assessing its impact on people and public services, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt lines up Austerity 2.0
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Is Russia Losing Both the Kinetic and Information War?
With the liberation of Kherson and no ‘red wave’ in the US Congress, Mark Temnycky considers how Russia faces defeats on the ground and a loss of influence
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Rishi Sunak’s £20 Billion COVID Fraud Black Hole
With the Government facing a massive shortfall in its finances, MPs report on how billions were lost by the Treasury during the time the current Prime Minister was Chancellor
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New Inflation Figures Increase Pressure on Council Budgets
Council tax would need to rise by 20% to save urgently-needed public services, but how will Jeremy Hunt respond in his autumn statement?
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‘“Some Sort of Reparations” Cannot Be Out of the Question’
COP27 has exposed the hypocrisy of world leaders who refuse to acknowledge it is incumbent on wealthier nations to invest in worldwide climate adaptation, writes Thomas Perrett
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‘There is a Myth of Meritocracy for Ethnic Minorities in the UK’
A new report finds that, while black and ethnic minority children are doing well at school, inequalities persist later in life
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‘Whose Opera is it Anyway?’
Composer Howard Goodall unpicks Art Council England’s announcement that it will be redistributing £50 million of funding for the English National Opera outside of London and the south-east
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Boris Johnson’s Ex-PR Guru Lands Role at Fracking Giant
The appointment raises fresh questions about the ‘revolving door’ between energy companies and the Government, reports Sascha Lavin
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‘Lady Chatterley’s Brexit’
Not accepting or being able to discuss the damage caused by Britain’s exit from the EU leaves the country in a unsustainable position, writes Chris Grey
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‘It’s the Stupidity, Stupid’: Brexit and Populism
As the London stock market falls behind Paris for the first time, Matthew Gwyther looks at the real inner causes of Britain’s decline
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‘Not Actually Very Good’: Britain’s Post-Brexit Trade Agreements with Japan and Australia
Ellie Newis reviews two of the flagship agreements that were supposed to reignite the UK economy
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The Kremlin’s Hybrid War in Moldova
Zarina Zabrisky reports on how Russia is attempting to take advantage of the cost of living crisis in the former Soviet state
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‘We Only Need Two Things – Real Enemies and Real Friends’: Myanmar’s Democratic Opposition
Fredo Rockwell talks to dissident and original pro-democracy protester Linn Thant about the National Unity Government movement and its plans to end military rule
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Kemi Badenoch Carries on Liz Truss’ Tufton Street Traditions
The International Trade Secretary is due to speak at a Koch-founded libertarian ‘think tank’, reports Sam Bright
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‘I Saw Many Prisoners Led Away to be Hanged’: A Britain Pensioner Inside an Egyptian Prison
As COP27 continues in Egypt, Duncan Campbell talks to Charles Ferndale, sentenced to death in Cairo in 2013
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New Government Report Reveals Critical Gaps in Poverty Data and Questionable Metrics
Tamsin Flower looks into the ‘poverty’ of data on poverty and how thousands of low-income households could be left without the recognition and aid they most need
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Putin’s Toxic Masculinity and Satanic Conspiracies
Sian Norris considers the Russian President’s use of aggressive and violent masculinity to justify his invasion of Ukraine, and how it links to his Satanic conspiracy theories
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‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New Policing Act
Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an environmental protest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come.
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Universities are the Latest Battleground for the Anti-Abortion Movement
Students across the world have become a target for the tactics and messages of those opposed to a woman’s right to reproductive healthcare, Sian Norris reports
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The US Midterms and the Lucrative Business of Election Denial
Matt Bernadini inspects the funding sources of those backing Trump’s ‘stolen election’ theory
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‘Amateur Hour in British Politics’
As more and more ministers are handed top jobs for their loyalty rather than their competence, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall considers what we can do about this democratic deficit
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Being An Employer of Your Own Care
Penny Pepper has spent more than 20 years balancing the books, hiring and firing, and eyeing up spreadsheets – like many disabled people, all in the name of ‘Direct Payment’
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A Third Security Breach? Williamson’s Leaks Stretch Back to Russian Interference in Brexit
With reports that the former Cabinet minister was implicated in a second security breach in 2019, Peter Jukes and Sam Bright look back to another incident two years earlier
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The Hidden Climate Bomb: Carbon Footprint of World’s Armies Higher than Russia
A new analysis of undocumented military carbon emissions estimates that they are equivalent to 85% of all carbon emitted by all the world’s passenger cars, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Rishi Sunak’s Party Fears there is Less to Him than Meets the Eye
The Prime Minister’s colleagues are starting to wonder whether Sunak’s Californian corporate sheen conceals an empty vessel, reports Adam Bienkov
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Cost of Living Crisis Forcing Women to Remain with Abusers
The cost of living crisis is putting women’s and children’s lives at risk, as victims and survivors of domestic abuse are forced to choose between safety and destitution, Sian Norris reports
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Sunak Appoints Ex-Big Energy Director as Business and Energy Advisor
Rishi Sunak’s Government is populated by a number of advisors drawn from corporations and Tufton Street ‘think tanks’, reports Sam Bright
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World Leaders Remain in Thrall to Fossil Fuel Giants
A series of geopolitical events have provided an opportunity for energy lobbyists to bend the ears of power, reports Thomas Perrett
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‘Climate Change is Not Gender Neutral’
Energy action goes hand in hand with gender equality – which is why female climate change representatives as speakers, panellists and thought leaders at COP27 is imperative, writes Rabina Khan
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Environment Agency Prosecutions 6% of the Level they were a Decade Ago
As rivers fill with sewage, budget cuts have contributed to a decrease in enforcement actions against corporations by the Environment Agency, reports Max Colbert
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Patients Waiting Too Long to Start Cancer Treatment, Data Suggests
The pressures on the NHS are revealed as Sian Norris and the Byline Intelligence Team analyse the latest data on cancer testing and screening
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Rishi Sunak Appoints Donor as Policy Chief
One of the most senior figures in Downing Street recently gave £20,000 to the new Prime Minister
