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*Blog

"London-bashing is just another easy wheeze to avoid hard thinking about the real roots of our problems"

London bashing won’t fix Britain

*Blogs

"He was a master of the now-forgotten art of imprisoning government bills in Committee to secure concessions for their release through their remaining stages in the House of Commons."

Farewell, Public Order: A Musical Tribute to Gerald Kaufman 1930-2017

*Blog

"This documentary provides yet more evidence that we urgently need to sort out the House of Lords"

Peers ‘popping into parliament’ to collect £300 allowance

*Blog

"Thank goodness for the mirror voices of dismay, despair and defiance from people who feel like I do, particularly on my social media feeds"

In praise of echo chambers

*Blog

"Two elderly ladies in Birmingham have been threatened with fines for sweeping up leaves."

The busybody state: when it’s a crime to sweep up leaves

*Blog

"Donald Trump's White House is staffed at the highest level with white nationalists who believe that immigration is a form of foreign invasion akin to war"

From Trump to nail bombs: How we normalised the far-right

*Comment & Analysis

Tom Brake in Gibraltar, where Brexit poses serious risks to the local economy

Gibraltar voted 96% Remain – but now Brexit makes it vulnerable to Spanish aggression

The Rock has been thrown into chaos by the Brexit vote and now faces serious challenges facing down a hostile neighbour.

*Comment & Analysis

Leeds Community Homes would like to replicate successful community-led housing schemes like LILAC (photo credit: Modcell)

We’re not waiting for the govt to solve the housing crisis – we’ll do it ourselves

This government have no plan to fix housing, so we’ve started to buy up stock to sell at below-market value

*Comment & Analysis

The focus on tackling so-called health tourism is putting the NHS principle of free-at-the-point-of-use at risk

Card readers on hospital beds: Immigration hysteria is breaking the NHS

*Blog

The media must stop portraying council estates as crime-ridden and uncared for

*Blog

"The party increasingly seems incapable of speaking to either the 48% or the 52%"

What Corbyn should have done to avoid his Article 50 shambles

*Blog

"The additional public revenue from these honours might be shown in the national accounts as a new form of VAT – Vanity Added Tax"

If Beckham wants a knighthood, he should buy one

*Blog

"Concentrix, the US contractor which wrongly stripped thousands of families of their tax credits"

The government’s latest benefits blunder is just the tip of the iceberg

*Blog

"Brexit is going to change almost every aspect of how we eat."

Stuffed: How Brexit will change the way you eat

*Blog

"In the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens are all standing against Ukip leader Paul Nuttal"

The Battle for Stoke: Why are we splitting the progressive vote?

*Blog

"Poll after poll has exposed an unpopular leadership and an unresponsive communications strategy"

Brexit has broken the Corbyn Delusion

News

"Parliament should have scrutiny of all future trade agreements that the UK enters into"

We need veto on Trump trade deal, senior Labour figure demands

*Blog

"The first genetically modified (GM) apples go on sale in the US next month"

Brexit will flood the UK with genetic-modified American food – and it’s about time too

*Blog

"Suddenly, critics call our film "important", "eerily topical", "disturbing" "insightful"

Our film ‘The White King’ depicts a dystopia which now feels all too real

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