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The new Conservative Leader combines culture war politics with a reckless deregulation that would set the country back decades, reports Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
A systems lens suggests a quarter of GDP could evaporate on a pathway to violent civil unrest, concentration camps, and genocidal violence that would be a free gift to Putin
Israel banned Gaza’s largest provider of humanitarian support on Monday in a decision UNICEF dubbed ‘a new way to kill children’
Clare Short tells Keir Starmer’s Government to stand up for its principles and end Britain’s role as a “lieutenant” for the United States
Could the American people really be about to elect a man as obviously unfit for high office as Donald Trump as their next commander in chief?
Reeves’ budget only looks radical if you believe the Conservative spin that their own plans were anything other than a cynical scorched earth tactic by a desperate government that knew it was going to lose
The French intellectual’s book on October 7 and the Gaza war reveals the failure of some of Israel’s defenders to see Palestinian suffering
Big tech is holding us hostage to technology in ways that are dramatically altering how we function as human beings
These technologies are removing accountability from warfare and making it harder to hold individuals or governments responsible for extrajudicial killings
‘The argument against labour rights is politically flawed, because it ignores the impact of having a large number of workers in insecure and bad jobs’
The headlines about Chris Kaba tell us more about the society and media in this country than his killing
Starmer’s Government has an opportunity to reverse years of Conservative attacks on impartiality and independence – our democracy requires it to act beyond narrow party interests, former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse writes
Why is the BBC giving so much coverage to a complete non-story about Labour and the Democrats, just because the Republican candidate would like them to?
An evidence-led, long-called for, but under-used programme of checks for people with a learning disability has the potential to help ease health inequalities more widely, Saba Salman reports
Americans will go to the polls in less than 20 days but the race still dominated by personality rather than growing international crises
The Health Secretary’s initiative shows that fatphobia is now one of the last acceptable forms of prejudice
A fixation with economic growth has led humanity to the brink of catastrophe, argues Tom Scott
The British press’ selective scrutiny of the new Government is letting the country down, writes Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes
Does the Conservative Party support or oppose the idea of hereditary peers? Most of them won’t say…
The summit, which is being hosted by Hungry’s far-right President Viktor Orbán, will take place days after the US goes to the polls.
The Prime Minister reached the milestone as his popularity plummets in the aftermath of a freebies scandal and Sue Gray’s resignation. But has it all been bad?
A Home Office report on October 10 found that nearly 40% of religiously motivated hate crimes in the UK target Muslims
A clean water coalition is calling for the new Government to enforce existing laws and comprehensively review the UK’s entire water infrastructure and will march on parliament on 3 November
The Government is making a huge bet on a technology that has never previously delivered, argues climate campaigner Alethea Warrington
When it became apparent that natural immunity would not prevent a second wave, right-wing media backed calls to remove measures and allow immunity to build up via infections
‘It is difficult not to regard the Act as a classic piece of doublethink designed to censor freedom of expression in the guise of protecting it’
As Reform UK draws the UK’s media eye at a press conference today, Hope Not Hate argues it’s time for journalists to call it out
Why Israel has a ‘right to defend’ itself, but Iran’s ‘revenge’ does not qualify as ‘self-defence’. Unpicking the double standards playing out in Western media
The Conservative leadership candidate plans to dismantle Britain’s institutions, in a hard-right overhaul that echoes that of Trump supporters in the US
Age-verification requirements offer a false sense of safety, and risk both privacy and national security
The Conservative leadership frontrunner has caused widespread outrage after claiming that Human Rights laws are forcing British special forces to kill rather than detain suspected terrorists
As the anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel nears, the Muslim Association of Britain urges the UK not to be on the ‘wrong side of history’ and to act now
The Labour leader’s failure to define his own Premiership is allowing his enemies to do it for him
‘Cherry-picking attendance harms the breadth of diversity reporting on events – we urge a rethink of the policy, ensuring all journalists can attend future party conferences’
The Foreign Secretary’s attack on Russian President was in stark contrast to Joe Biden’s final speech at the UN General Assembly on 24 September
The Reform club claims to be politically neutral, yet, according to its website ‘remains true to its founding principles. In this spirit, it continues to be a place for progressive thinking, social change and the championing of reform’
While the Reform leader portrays himself as a champion of England’s white working class, his personal actions align far more with the interests of the ultra-wealthy and global elites
Even the Russian state’s propagandists are asking, ”What was the point of even starting this whole thing?”
The inquiry has dismissed the increasing body of concern around the legitimacy of the verdicts as “noise”. It is anything but
The Centre for Women’s Justice has released a damning report based on the testimony of more than 200 women who allege attacks by their police officer partners