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*Comment & Analysis

New government white paper fails to address serious safety concerns inside prisons

These reforms will do nothing to fix the crisis in UK’s prisons

*Comment & Analysis

I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach, opened to very strong reviews but was branded unrealistic by ministers.

I’m Broken, Britain: I’m Daniel Blake

*Comment & Analysis

Community Protection Notices are being abused by local authority busybodies

The council which banned crying in your own home

*Comment & Analysis

New census questions risk making children feel they don't belong

The Home Office are turning teachers into immigration officers

*Blog

"As quickly as Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation this week, talk turned to the other parties in the race"

Forget standing down in Richmond – parties shouldn’t have to make that choice

*Blog

"For the first time in 40 years we have a real chance to change things"

The homelessness reduction bill has the potential to make a real difference, MPs must back it

*Blog

"The challenges posed by corruption are as relevant right now as they were when the government hosted its Anti-Corruption Summit in May"

Brexit and corruption: Can a UK desperate for trade stay clean?

The government must not participate in a deregulatory race to the bottom

*Blog

People demonstrate against the TTIP and CETA trade agreements in Germany

Corbyn should follow Wallonia’s lead and stand up against CETA

Labour has a chance to show what taking back control really looks like

*Blog

"Visible Muslim women are the ones who predominantly suffer street based anti-Muslim hate incidents"

Trevor Kavanagh’s suggestion that a hijab is provocative sounds a lot like victim blaming

*Blog

"The whole debate about a hub airport is determined largely by those with vested interests"

Theresa May campaigned against a third runway at Heathrow, so what’s changed?

*Blog

"The current detention system subjects many LGBT people to the same discriminatory abuse that forced them to flee their home"

When LGBT asylum seekers escape persecution… Britain locks them up

*Blog

A European Broadcasting Union report earlier this year showed the British press had the lowest trust rating of anywhere on the continent

The British press is an enemy of free speech

*Blog

"What could be more symbolic of the entire Anglo-Iranian relationship than the situation of dual-nationals?"

There can be no Anglo-Iranian ‘thaw’ while Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi languish in jail

*Blog

"The truth is May's new "Milibandism" will only amount to empty words unless she fleshes out a new political economy that abandons the foundational tenets of the old one"

The dangerous void at the heart of Theresa May’s ‘new Milibandism’

*Blog

"The commitment is barely more than a year old but there are already worrying signs that it will not be met"

The government is betraying the 20,000 Syrian refugees it pledged to help

*Blog

"Many Labour members are rightly concerned about antisemitism. But the Home Affairs Committee report which came out this week is unlikely to alleviate those concerns"

Parliament’s flawed antisemitism report will do more harm than good

*Blog

Footballer Ched Evans arriving at Cardiff Crown Court

The Ched Evans case shows why we must start talking about consent

*Blog

'University is not necessarily the best place for every young person to achieve their ambitions'

These cuts reveal a snobbery towards young apprentices

*Blog

"Every few weeks Ms Sturgeon has to both manage expectations while also giving the troops enough to keep morale up"

Nicola Sturgeon is starting a fight she will struggle to win

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