SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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‘A Kick in the Teeth’: Requirement for Schools to Provide Samples of Students’ Work for Exam Grades Sparks Anger Among Teachers
A blog published on the Government’s exams regulator website has been criticised for loading schools with extra work, while betraying a lack of trust in teachers
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Britain’s Political Media Corruption: A Coalition of the Guilty
From Leveson to Brexit, phone-hacking to Cambridge Analytica, Peter Jukes sees a consistent theme – parties on the run from the rule of law. And how Dominic Cummings could end the cycle of corruption
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What Austerity-Hit Local Councils Can Learn from Preston’s Community Wealth-Building Model
In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, a local investment model has taken on added significance, reports Taj Ali
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Vaccines Versus Variants: The Vital Flaw in Johnson’s COVID Roadmap
Mike Buckley explores how the Government is taking a big risk in staking Britain’s return to normality almost solely on vaccines
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Westminster’s Apathy Over ‘Let Bodies Pile High’ Allegations
Some sections of the mainstream media are downplaying or distorting claims that the Prime Minister voiced a stark disregard for people’s lives during the Coronavirus crisis, says Sam Bright
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India, Brazil, Britain: Exceptionalism Kills as Populism Thrives
With the spread and impact of the Coronavirus reaching alarming levels in India and Brazil, Kimi Chaddah explores how Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson failed their countries but kept their popularity
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Archbishop of Fantasy: Political Corruption and the Ethic of Forgiveness
Justin Welby’s suggestion corrupt politicians should be forgiven misses the need for reparations in Christian teaching, explains Reverend Joe Haward
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Government of the Redacted, by the Redacted, for the Redacted
Sam Bright reports on how officials have struck-out crucial information in two uncomfortable cases
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A Nation of No Second Chances: Why Does Britain Have Such a Harsh Perception of Poverty?
Maheen Behrana examines new evidence about the attitudes of Brexit voters towards those suffering deprivation
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UK’s Post-Brexit Mexican Trade Deal Left Obsolete
The EU-Mexico Agreement has thrown a spanner in the works, reports David Hencke
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Johnny Mercer Sought to Whitewash this Country’s Human Rights Abuses – his Departure as a Minister is Only a Good Thing
Iain Overton dissects what the Veterans Minister’s farewell reveals about the man himself and a wider right-wing shift in British politics favouring the military
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‘We Did Everything We Could’: Four Reasons Why the Government’s COVID Narrative is False
PPE procurement, Test and Trace, Nightingale hospitals, ventilators… Sam Bright rebuts the official rhetoric with some facts
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Calling Out Press Racism: Has Anything Changed?
Six weeks after the bust-up at the Society of Editors, we are still waiting for evidence that racism in the media will be confronted, says Brian Cathcart – the onus is on the editors of the Guardian and Financial Times to stand up and show leadership
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Care Leavers Facing ‘Vile’ Assessments in Postcode Lottery when Becoming Mothers
Why are formerly looked-after children having to undergo ‘pre-birth assessments’ when becoming parents themselves?
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Legal Challenge on Bat Habitat Sends Message that Ecological Protections Matter
Stuart Spray reports on the importance of a High Court judgment on HS2’s actions in an ancient woodland
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‘Most British Institutions Pander to the Mail’s Blackmailing and Racism’
As attacks by right-wing tabloids on female academics intensify, Sian Norris explores why they appear to be able to publish such material with impunity
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Where’s the Promised Report into Conservative Party Islamophobia?
Though Boris Johnson rushed through a discredited report into racial disparities, what happened to the investigation into anti-Muslim bigotry he promised two years ago? Basit Mahmood reports
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Lex Greensill Spoke in Government Capacity at Event Hosted by Minister and Attended by 160 Delegates
Sam Bright reveals the Australian businessman had access to dozens of senior Government procurement officials at a single briefing
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The Johnson Government’s Ties to Israeli Lobbying Groups Stains the UK’s Global Reputation
CJ Werleman explores the implications of the Government’s stance on an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories by the International Criminal Court
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I Exposed the Dark Arts of Lobbying – A Decade On Nothing’s Changed
Iain Overton recalls his undercover investigation into a notorious PR firm and explains why the scandal around lobbying and the ‘revolving door’ has worsened under Boris Johnson’s Government
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Lobbyists Donated £400,000 to Conservative Party in Recent Years
Political donations from registered lobbying firms – which aim to influence government policy – have clustered around the governing party since 2015
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All Money and No Morals: Cash Threatens to Corrupt English Football – Again
The recent history of the beautiful game has been defined by destructive greed, and the proposed European Super League is yet another example, says Adrian Goldberg
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Government Departments Breaking Guidance on Board Members’ Conflicts of Interest
Sam Bright reports that major departments have failed to log the interests of their non-executive directors
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‘Depths and Depths of Dysfunction’: Are Universities Failing to Tackle Sexual Assault?
Sian Norris speaks to protestors in Warwick who are demanding that their university takes action on sexual assault – but is the sector as a whole failing to protect women students?
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Words Pop Out of his Mouth: The Corrupt Nature of David Cameron
In light of the former Prime Minister’s involvement in the Greensill affair, here is chapter eight of Anthony Barnett’s 2017 book ‘The Lure of Greatness: England’s Brexit and America’s Trump’
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‘Landmark’ Domestic Abuse Bill Does Not Protect Vulnerable Migrant Women
The Government voted against amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill that would have improved access to justice for migrant women, Sian Norris reports
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Peter Oborne’s March Diary 2021: Cover-Ups and Inconvenient Truths
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his March column
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Political Links to Firm that Prompted Greensill Demise
Sam Bright reports how a former Downing Street director of communications, a diplomat and an ex-First Minister of Wales all have ties to the company that worked in tandem with Greensill
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Timeline of the Plague Year: An Extract
Rupert Read and Ian Sinclair dissect the Government’s woeful response to the country’s worst public health crisis in a century
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Lords Raise ‘Grave Concerns’ about Brexit’s Impact on Family Law, Crime and Justice
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons
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UK in Brexit Limbo with EU Disputes Resolution Bodies Still Not Set Up, Say Lords
Twenty-five committees and five study groups to cover almost every conceivable area of interest between the EU and UK have still not been established
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Why Does the Home Office Respond Faster to Immigration Cases that Attract Media Attention?
When prominent campaigner Dahaba Ali tweeted that she had been refused settled status, the department responded quickly on social media – is this part of a pattern? asks Sian Norris
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Northern Ireland: Today’s Violence Is Not Just Due to Brexit but the Continued Contempt of the British Establishment
The trouble with borders is that once you’ve taken back control of them they come into existence, writes Jonathan Lis
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David Cameron: Johnson’s Convenient Scapegoat
With his dual tactics of projection and deflection, the current Prime Minister has pulled off a masterstroke by launching an inquiry into the former Prime Minister’s conflicts of interest, says Hardeep Matharu
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Special Investigation: ‘Mind Boggling’– US Experts Speak Out Against Appointment of New UK Government Counter-Extremism Chief
Robin Simcox’s connections to anti-Muslim conspiracy theories raise concerns across the Atlantic
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New Government Counter-Extremism Chief’s Ties to Pro-Trump Hate Groups
Nafeez Ahmed reports on the alarm bells raised by the appointment of Robin Simcox as the Lead Commissioner on Countering Extremism
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Conflict of Interest Concerns Over £15 Million COVID Contract
A new Government deal raises further questions about the Government’s approach to conflict of interest transparency
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‘We’re Living in a Bizarre Fantasy World’: Alastair Campbell on Boris Johnson, Brexit and Labour
The former Downing Street communications chief is incensed about the state of politics and the media
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Mainstream Conservatism and Far-Right Extremism – An Increasingly ‘Blurred Distinction’
The Council of Europe’s European Conservatives and Democratic Alliance brings together UK Conservative MPs with neo-fascist politicians, Sian Norris reports
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Northern Ireland: The Potent Forces Leading to Violence Once More
Mike Buckley speaks to experts about how an intersection of factors, which go beyond concerns around identity and Brexit, are contributing to the current unrest
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Project Fear – The Writing Was Always on the Wall
By dismissing all the warnings about the threat to peace in Northern Ireland posed by Brexit, Boris Johnson has put lives in danger in the name of power and ideology, says Otto English
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Dido Harding Hands More Power to Local Health Teams in NHS Test and Trace Trial
After months of pressure, more responsibility has been handed to local contact tracers, reports Sam Bright
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Race Report: Sewell Commission Couldn’t Find Something It Wasn’t Looking For
The methodology used by the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities excluded the possibility of finding that differences in outcomes are the result of race, says Jonathan Portes
