A broken system – immigration bail explained
The issue of long-term detention of immigrants in the UK should be taken seriously by all in the…
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The Tories must stop the opening of all new UK coal mines
It’s twenty eight years since the first IPCC report that united world scientists in warning that burning fossil…
Cat Smith: Behind the scenes, the Tories are making it harder for people to vote
With local government elections approaching, Labour activists across the country have been out on the doorstep. This May,…
Amber Rudd, G4S and refugees – how asylum accommodation is outsourced to private companies
Refugees and Carillion are not usually found in the same sentence – but they should be. The outsourcing…
Diane Abbott: In it to win it
In sport, it’s said it is not the winning, it’s the taking part. Maybe – but politics is…
The NHS must remain free at the point of use and based on need – not ability to pay
At Prime Ministers’ Questions this week, Jeremy Corbyn raised the case of Albert Thompson as he attacked the…
Does the Labour Party need all-Black shortlists?
A few weeks ago I caused a bit of stir in a national paper by suggesting the Labour…
British voters are ready for a change from endless wars
The Saudi crown prince’s recent visit to Britain highlighted the foreign policy differences between Theresa May’s Tories and…
Louise Haigh: The rise of the far right is a chilling threat to our democracy
I first saw the ‘Punish a Muslim’ letter when a colleague sent me a picture of one…
The NHS, cuts and privatisation – an emergency but not an accident
Not “a penny extra” for the NHS in the chancellor’s spring statement. But why would there be? This…
