Ian Dunt

Ian Dunt served as the editor-at-large of Politics.co.uk until 2021. He is a regular host on the Oh God What Now podcast, a columnist for the New European and the i newspaper, and the author of two books: Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now and How To Be A Liberal.

Latest articles

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Torn apart: How the British government splits up families

The truth behind the rhetoric: UK hits bottom of family-friendly league table

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Turning us into a police state? Cameron's response to Calais crisis demands paper checking by landlords.

Cameron’s asylum policy turns us all into pound shop Gestapos

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Legal highs have set off a wave of legislation at a national and now local level

The madness begins: Lambeth bans everything in legal high crack-down

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Previous justice secretary Chris Grayling insisted there was no prison crisis

Prison crisis revealed: Official stats show murder and assault at ten-year high

*Comment & Analysis

Government is planning a pilot scheme banning smoking in prisons

‘It’ll be hell’: The view from inside prison about a smoking ban

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The Home Office system for processing asylum seekers will have to be completely reappraised following the ruling

Home Office in turmoil following asylum ruling

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Michael Gove: Facing demands for lower prisoner numbers

Prison inspector to Gove: You need to reduce prison numbers

An explicit demand for lower prison numbers sees the chief inspector press the case on Michael Gove

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Kendall could offer Corbyn some tips on strategy, if not idealism

What Jeremy Corbyn could learn from Liz Kendall

Labour is polarised between pure idealism, represented by Jeremy Corbyn, on the one hand and an utter lack of idealism, represented by Liz Kendall, on the other. But can’t they learn from one another?

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