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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionLabour must learn to adapt to a world of Tory state activism
The dividing line is no longer austerity versus anti-austerity, but a struggle over who should benefit from the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK government faces calls in Parliament for inquiry into third-party campaigns
Labour MP John McDonnell calls on Electoral Commission to launch ‘serious and in-depth inquiry’ after openDemocracy...
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Published in: digitaLiberties: OpinionFive reasons to worry about ‘spy tech’ firm Palantir handling your NHS data
Since the British government won't tell us, we can only guess what they’re up to…
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisRishi Sunak said he’d protect the vulnerable. So why is he making them pay?
The chancellor is fuelling a two-tier recovery, where the winners from the pandemic prosper at the expense of everyone else
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationBenefits payments withheld from the chronically ill in COVID-19 government failure
The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe government’s obsession with ‘culture wars’ is a threat to democracy
By threatening museums, ministers are forcing a preferred view of history. This is a trait of authoritarian states
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMost Northern Irish voters want DUP’s dark money revealed, research suggests
Northern Ireland Electoral Commission calls for powers to publish political donations retrospectively, including...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsNumber of private tenants facing rent shortfall leaps by nearly 50% in pandemic
Campaigners call for Rishi Sunak to increase rent support to end the rent debt crisis and prevent rising homelessness
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsDefence research agency must be subject to Freedom of Information, say campaigners and MPs
Transparency group writes to information watchdog as leading MPs and peers call for government to reverse decision...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMatt Hancock under fire for latest donation from top horse auctioneer at ‘super-spreader’ Cheltenham Festival
The health secretary has received more than £350,000 from the horse racing industry, leading an opposition MP to...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with Palantir
The government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy...
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Published in: HomeSpeaking for ourselves
'You’re on mute! ' was actually a perturbing reminder of the ways in which we have all been silenced
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: News50,000 more homes hit by Britain's bedroom tax, as scientists warn of COVID-19 risk
Soaring benefits claims since the start of the pandemic have resulted in a jump in households affected by the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationFresh evidence prompts calls for probe into anti-Labour 'dark money' groups
Exclusive: Electoral Commission urged to investigate potential coordination between ‘near identical’ campaigns that...
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Published in: Home: OpinionA century without war is needed to survive environmental threats
Huge military budgets will not protect us from extinction. Nations must redirect spending towards human security and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: ReviewWhy truth is too weak to stop a liar like Boris Johnson
Peter Oborne writes of ‘the nightmare assumption that emotion is more important than thought’. But it’s not just an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThis should be Scotland’s rewilding election
Life is draining from our hills and glens. We must use the coming Holyrood election to change course, before it’s too late
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsStamp duty holiday leading to homelessness, new figures suggest
Exclusive: Tenants’ rights activists tell openDemocracy that some landlords are trying to cash in by speeding up evictions
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK government cites US anti-LGBT ‘hate group’ in free speech proposals
ADF International, an anti-abortion, ‘dark money’-funded think tank, provided ‘evidence’ for decline in free speech...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAnother ‘Roaring Twenties’? Only if the rich pay their fair share
Governments must take urgent action to tackle the twin problems of runaway debts and soaring inequality, before they...