Argument

Under the cover of seemingly generous economic policies, the Government has eroded the rights of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Sam Bright

Mike Buckley questions the strategy of the Opposition and its paradoxical claim that it can vote for the Government’s deal and scrutinise it – an approach that could cost it more votes

After damning revelations of war crimes committed by Australia’s special forces were revealed to the public it is time the British Government faced up to its own bloody history in the Middle East writes Steve Shaw

Jonathan Lis argues that the British public would have more respect for the Government if it owned up to its many mistakes – a taking back of control the administration cannot bear

Julian Mercer analyses the misguided policy of successive governments of building too many new houses, but not creating any more homes

James Meadway assesses the political and economic pressures facing Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of tomorrow’s Spending Review

The infiltration of private companies into public sector work has been years in the making, reports former council accountant Gary Gowers

Leighton Andrews explains why the lack of action over the Home Secretary's bullying was set up in advance through the Government's ideological fixation on Brexit and assault on the rule of law

Brian Cathcart looks at the latest example of anti-Muslim bias at Britain’s newspaper of record

Dominic Cummings failed to reform the procurement process, and in doing so exposed his hollow intellectual posturing, argues Sam Bright

A new law based around a conspiracy theory that Muslim men are tricking Hindu women into marrying them to turn India into an Islamic caliphate is yet another example of the country’s descent, says CJ Werleman

Peter Oborne looks at broader compelling reasons why two top advisors left the Boris Johnson administration

Nafeez Ahmed tracks the export of populist demagoguery from America to Britain, and urges a campaign to snuff out its dying embers

CJ Werleman reports on how the Australian right-wing press appears to be minimising the shocking murder of 39 Afghans

Martin Jay writes that Boris Johnson could be about to make a terrible mistake by committing troops to fight in Mali for French national interests