Reportage

John Sweeney assesses the relationship between the British Prime Minister and the newspaper baron Lord Lebedev, in the light of an Italian intelligence report about his father

Mic Wright takes a sceptical look at the political campaign to counter ‘online abuse’ which somehow overlooks the revolving doors and revolting comments of their allies in publishing

Abortion is under threat in the Central European country – with the latest attack forming part of a global backlash against reproductive and sexual rights from the right

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey explores the forces manipulating and undermining the objectives of the United Nations

Disposable, dispersible, profit-making – fears for the future of the children’s social care sector mount around the forthcoming Care Review

New data reveals how sniper licences have been awarded to Bahrain, Bangladesh and other regimes listed on the Foreign Office’s ‘human rights priority countries’ list

The case of the environmental lawyer demonstrates the continuing force of the fossil fuel industry – in tandem with political interests and private courts, says Thomas Perrett

Katharine Quarmby reports on the potential economic and political repercussions of the second Winter of Discontent

The health outcomes of the north and Midlands have been levelled down since the Conservatives took office, reports Sam Bright

Crowd behaviour helped public health initiatives in the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic, but social proofing also means that people are easily influenced to reject safety measures, writes Clara Hickman

David Frost’s speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol, and Dominic Cummings’ shocking revelations on Twitter, showed that the UK is playing the same old games over Brexit, says Mike Buckley

Privacy International has warned of a potentially ‘serious breach’ of privacy regulations by a firm that has been awarded £169.4 million in Government contracts

CJ Werleman assesses the capability and will of both superpowers as tensions continue to escalate over the island territory

Stuart Spray explores the links between climate change, meat production and why the Government has refused to implement the recommendations of its own watchdog

New research shows that the UK has approved export licenses of tear gas to regimes with concerning records on freedom of speech and assembly

The growth of private sector involvement in the children’s social care sector has led to big profits for investors, while a crisis of poverty and inequality brings more vulnerable children into the ‘market’

Kyle Taylor puts the social media platform’s recent scandals into context and argues that the House of Zuckerberg is slowly crumbling

The public's attitude to the Prime Minister’s holiday shows that we are still stuck in an era of tribal political conflicts, contends Sam Bright

Byline Times warned the public about ‘herd immunity’ from the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis – now two influential House of Commons committees have concluded that it was the result of Boris Johnson’s handling of the pandemic in its early stages

A man charged with assaulting police officers in Washington D.C. on 6 January arrived at the riot on a bus organised by Turning Point USA. Sian Norris explores the transatlantic background of the youth conservative group