Argument

Mic Wright explores the erratic approach of certain outlets to stories of corruption and wrongdoing

CJ Werleman responds to the criminal charges against him and other journalists under India’s draconian British colonial-era laws

Mike Buckley reports from the last day of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow about the challenges that still remain

The UK must uncouple itself from redundant fossil fuels and embrace energy innovation, contend James Arbib and Nafeez Ahmed

The sleaze crisis infecting politics shows how Britain is rigged in favour of the rich and influential, says Maheen Behrana

Former Labour MP Ian Lucas – author of the forthcoming book Digital Gangsters – says Downing Street knows that British politics is broken but has a stake in preserving this

Sam Bright explores the role of John Penrose MP, and his unwillingness to call out systemic corruption in the UK

As Marcus Rashford is honoured with an MBE for his work campaigning to end food poverty for children, Nathan O’Hagan selects his team of football heroes, past and present, who have influenced the world of politics

Mike Buckley considers what needs to be done to turn the positive rhetoric of the first week at COP26 into agreement and action

Faisal Hanif inspects the racism directed at former Yorkshire cricket player Azeem Rafiq, and what this tells us about the treatment of Pakistanis in the UK

David Hencke, who broke the story of MPs tabling parliamentary questions on behalf of private interests in 1994, reflects on why Boris Johnson’s actions are a threat of a different kind to Britain’s political system

Sam Bright explores the ways in which party donors and corporate interests are warping British democracy