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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Grayling fights fires on multiple fronts

Crisis of justice: Probation staff and solicitors go on joint strike

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The woman is understood to have died of cardiac arrest

Labour demands inquiry into Serco-run Yarl’s Wood following woman’s death

*Comment & Analysis

Ian Dunt: 'The universal credit programme is a bomb under the table'

Comment: The ruling which reveals IDS’ campaign of secrecy over universal credit

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Earning privileges: Grayling doesn't see the difference between a book and a Playstation

A U-turn on the book ban is not enough

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Peter McGraith and David Cabreza: One of the first gay couples to get married in Britain.

‘We are changing marriage more than it’s changing us’: Britain’s first married gay couple speaks out

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Protests against the Grayling rule on being sent books continue - but will the secretary of state back down?

Poet Laureate takes on prisoner book ban with Pentonville protest

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Grayling's case for prison book ban starts to unravel as prison staff say there was no problem dealing with parcels

Prison staff lash out at Chris Grayling over book ban

Campaign against Grayling’s prison book ban backed by prison staff, as justice secretary’s argument starts to unravel

*Comment & Analysis

PMQs as-it-happens

PMQs as-it-happens

All the twists and turns of this week’s session, with Politics.co.uk’s live blog.

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Performance related pay: Does it improve grades?

NUT strike: Why performance-related pay for teachers doesn’t work

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Alan Bennett is set to intervene in the prisoner books debate

Alan Bennett joins prison book ban campaign

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Chris Grayling: the questions the justice secretary still needs to answer

Prison book ban: The questions Chris Grayling must answer

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Flooded: Oxfam warns climate change means poor will be worst affected

The truth about flooding: Poor areas three times more likely to be hit than rich ones

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Chris Grayling and Nick Clegg take a seat in the library while they talk to inmates at the Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institute last January.

Prison book ban: Grayling hits back at critics

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Dead in the water? North Sea oil revenues are set to decline.

The myth of North Sea oil: Scots face £1K deficit growth per person under independence

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Mark Field pushes for more moderate immigration message

Tories rebel against party’s anti-immigration message

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Danger for darling: The Better Together campaign is facing questions about its tactics

Gap closes in Scottish independence campaign as ‘yes’ camp gathers momentum

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George Osborne basks in a well received Budget

Tories close in on Labour lead following Budget poll boost

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Ukip candidates frequently stokes fears around the arrival of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants last year

Government allowed ‘anti-immigrant prejudice’ over Romanian immigrants

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Scottish welcome? Poll suggests voters want immigration powers transferred to Holyrood

Scots want power over immigration ‘to make it more welcoming’

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