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Revealed: Almost Half of Maternity Wards Offering Substandard Care
Mothers and babies are being put at risk due to severe staff shortages, the official watchdog found
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Jeremy Hunt Used Autumn Statement to ‘Channel Funds to Marginal Conservative Seats’ Analysis Suggests
EXCLUSIVE: The Chancellor is lavishing cash at areas under significant threat from Labour
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‘I’m A Non-Entity Get Me Out Of Here’
Otto English has been watching Nigel Farage in the jungle so you don’t have to.
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Could Isaac Levido Return the Conservatives to Power Again Against All the Odds?
With the Conservatives’ general election strategy in the hands of the ‘Wizard of Oz’, it’s likely to be one of the most vicious campaigns the UK has ever seen. Tom Scott reports
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Revealed: The British Army is Training Soldiers From Countries that have had Recent Coups
Dr Iain Overton, executive director of charity Action on Armed Violence, reveals new evidence of British-trained cadets from countries that have had military coups or have poor human rights records
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Government Faces Court Action Over Arms Sales to Israel Amid Claims of Gaza “Genocide”
‘There should be no doubt that [UK-made] weapons are at acute risk of being used to commit further criminal acts and, possibly genocide’
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MPs Slam Parliament’s Slow Rebuilding Programme Progress – As Executives Receive Hundreds of Thousands in Bonuses
The Public Accounts Committee delivers a stinging rebuke to the Delivery Authority, tasked with the rebuilding scheme
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Eat Out to Help The Virus: How Rishi Sunak Avoided the Science on Covid
New revelations suggest the Prime Minister had a reckless disregard for the science of protecting the public during a global pandemic
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Austerity 2.0 Snuck into Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement as NHS and Services Face Huge Cuts
Unprotected departments face 14% cuts to fuel the Conservatives’ pre-election tax rebate
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Ammonia Land: Agricultural Development and Pollution ‘Gone Rogue’ in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s environment agency has lifted a controversial ‘pause’ on dozens of new livestock farming developments – despite ongoing probes
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‘The Price of Democracy in the UK has Just Gone Up Massively: The Conservatives Once Again Set the Rules to Benefit Themselves’
Increasing the amount political parties can spend on general elections is another warning sign for British democracy
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All the Bad News Jeremy Hunt Buried in His Autumn Statement
Details buried in the Chancellor’s statement show we are heading for years more of tax rises, low growth and public sector cuts thanks to his Government, reports Adam Bienkov
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Revealed: Britain’s Broken Election Laws Just Got Even Worse
The Government has made it even easier for dark money, foreign influence, and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
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Autumn Statement: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Could Close These Five Tax Loopholes to Raise Over £7 Billion a Year
There are over 1,000 loopholes and exemptions in the tax system – often designed and secured by big firms and lobbyists.
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‘The Brexit Effect on Health and Social Care Must Be Pragmatically Addressed’
We need to forge alliances to continue our global health leadership, writes the director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
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Revealed: Police Regulator Investigating Fewer Than 1% of All Complaints
Shockingly few complaints are being properly investigated by either police forces or the independent regulator
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‘When Misconduct Means Nothing: Kristina O’Connor and the Met Police’
Gross misconduct still leads to minimal consequences – leaving officers who abuse with their rank and pension intact, writes Jamie Klingler
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Democracy Experts Sound Alarm on Corruption Risk as Local Council Audits Collapse
With only a fraction of local government audits now completed on time and a significant decline in their quality, a fundamental pillar of devolution is under threat, leaving communities in the dark on their council finances, experts warn
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First Past the Post Voting System Barrier to Urgent Action on Climate Crisis, Major Environmental Groups Say
Climate-conscious voters are locked out by our ‘winner-takes-all’ electoral system, a new report finds
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‘A Closed Door to a Men’s Club’: Why Are There Twice as Many Men in the House of Commons as Women?
A new report finds that, leading up to the next general election, fewer than 35% of candidate selections so far are women
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‘Holding Back Progress During Crisis of Confidence for Minority Communities’: Braverman’s Meetings with Controversial Policing Pressure Group
Senior police officers are ‘alarmed’ by former Home Secretary’s meetings with Fair Cop, which promotes nationalist ideology and has links to the Reclaim Party
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Demand for Investigation into David Cameron’s Appointment as Foreign Secretary Given Lobbying and China Links
The new Foreign Secretary and peer was involved in one of the biggest lobbying scandals of recent years
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The Government’s Reforms to Work Capability Benefits Assessment Could Worsen the Mental Health Crisis for Already Vulnerable People
The proposed changes ‘are symptomatic of the continued systematic violation of disabled folk’
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Elections Watchdog is ‘Powerless’ to Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes From Sabotaging the General Election
UK authorities have alarmingly few powers to prevent bad actors from interfering with our democracy
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‘Rishi Sunak Won’t Abandon Braverman’s Rwanda “Dream” – But It Won’t Slow the Boats’
There is no way of stopping people from trying to escape the awful conditions of their lives through the Rwanda scheme – another, sensible, solution is required, writes Brian Latham
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Reshuffling an Empty Deck: A Government Totally Lost and Out of Ideas
The Prime Minister’s glaring political deficiencies have been highlighted in a disastrous week for the Conservatives
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‘Stability and Strong Government? Not with this Merry-Go-Round’
If the UK’s First Past the Post electoral system can’t deliver its supposed advantages, why we are continuing with it?
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‘The Power Imbalance is Enormous’: Inside the Ordeal of Employment Tribunals
Alicia Clegg reports on how Britain’s employment tribunals are not providing fair and equal access to justice
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Naz Shah Effectively Quits Labour Frontbench in Defiance of Starmer on Gaza Ceasefire
Multiple Labour MPs are expected to face the sack after defying the Labour whip by backing a ceasefire in Gaza
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‘They are Cutting Down the Cemetery Trees for Firewood’: Life in the Middle of Gaza Amid War
‘The cemetery has no more space for dead bodies. The graves are full’, British-Palestinian journalist Hamza Elbuhaisi tells Byline Times
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‘Adult Social Care is Broken and Heading for a Bigger Crash – and the Government has Repeatedly Made It Worse’
NHS consultant David Oliver argues that the Government since 2010 is to blame for the worsening social care crisis
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‘The Supreme Court Verdict on Sunak’s Unlawful Rwanda Scheme is a Victory for Human Decency’
The verdict is a major blow to the Government’s “dream” of discarding its international obligations to offer refuge to those fleeing war and prosecution
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Workers Face the Sack if They Don’t Cross Their Own Picket Lines. What Kind of Country is This?
Strike-breaking is now mandatory.
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David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet ‘Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go’
The disgraced former Prime Minister has been handed a seat in the Lords for life.
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David Cameron’s Appointment is the Final Nail in the Coffin of Sunak’s Political Integrity
Sunak’s appointment of the disgraced former Prime Minister gives the lie to his claims to be restoring accountability to Government, writes Adam Bienkov
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Who Owns the Thames? Giant Party Boat OceanDiva is Frontline in Battle Over London’s River Amid Claims of ‘Zero Accountability’
The controversy over a £25m party boat speaks to a wider issue: who decides what happens around the Thames?
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Government Claims it ‘Takes Seriously Its Constitutional Role and Responsibility’ – As Another Report Raises Concerns About Britain’s Democracy
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group believes there is evidence of a desire by some politicians to wholly bypass democracy
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The Overton Window: Homelessness
The Home Secretary believes homeless people live in tents on the streets of this country as a ‘lifestyle choice’. She needs to take a closer, compassionate look…
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‘Once in a Generation’ Plan to Fix Social Care Crisis Is In Crisis After Sunak Slashes Its Budget
Part of the financial crisis facing social care has been the huge rise in inflation and interest rates following former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s controversial budget
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‘Nadine Dorries Using Rape Allegations She Sat On as a Way to Sell Books? Unforgivable’
How long did the former Culture Secretary know about allegations about a Tory MP? Jamie Klingler shares the views of the man’s alleged victims.
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Financiers Investigated for Mis-selling Pensions Back in Business
A new company aimed at selling financial services to ‘Modern Elders’ is run by former directors of Basset & Gold
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Rishi Sunak U-Turns on Palestine March Protest Ban in Clash With Conservative London Mayoral Candidate
Susan Hall says the protest should have been “refused” permission – but the PM now says they have the right to march
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The Covid Inquiry Demonstrates How Scientific Independence Matters
Dr Kit Yates examines the lessons emerging from the Covid Inquiry and why fear of pressure from politicians led to the creation of Independent SAGE
