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"It's in everyone’s interest for the public to be involved"

A citizens’ assembly could help settle the big Brexit questions

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"He should reconsider his approach and clearly justify his position."

Brian Paddick: Khan should justify his position on victims of crime being reported to Home Office

*Blog

"It is in the public interest that the Brexit process is as open and transparent as possible."

Why is the government so afraid to publish its Brexit impact studies?

News

"Sadiq Khan has been urged to rethink his position on victims of crime being handed over to the Home Office for immigration enforcement"

Sadiq Khan says police are “duty bound” to report victims of crime to the Home Office

*Blog

"Who's to know how the vote would have gone if people had opted for who they really believe in?"

Millions of votes were wasted at the election – it’s time for change

*Blog

"What is telling this time is the difference in the reaction in Spain compared to some back in the U.K."

Spain dealt with the Barcelona attack with dignity – if only the UK could follow their example

*Comment & Analysis

Countdown: The consultation closes on September 18th

Caste discrimination: Why won’t the government legislate?

Years after the Equalities Act, government indecision has left one last form of discrimination off the statute book.

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"Documents show that a £1.1million loss was incurred through the acquisition of three sites of land which were then sold at a premium to build social houses where little demand exists"

Housing inequality returns to Northern Ireland as the DUP chases votes in Protestant areas

Stormont has lost £1m of public money buying social housing land in parts of Belfast where little demand exists

*Blog

"The time for strategic silence is running out."

Corbyn’s immigration tightrope

*Blog

"Campaigners will hope that the government's review into fixed odds betting machines will mark the beginning of better regulation."

Fixed odds betting machines are ruining lives

*Blog

"Personal charity that prioritises those we consider 'deserving' of help cannot be and never will be a solution to poverty and the housing crisis"

Channel 4’s latest poverty porn makes entertainment out of a crisis

*Blog

"There is no reasonable justification for the use of indefinite detention"

Road to purgatory: Indefinite detention in the UK

*Blog

"Yesterday, Corbyn finally roused himself to criticise violence "on both sides" in Veneuela but he would not explicitly condemn Maduro"

Corbyn is too cowardly to condemn Venezuela’s slide into dictatorship

*Blog

"Chingford is changing and that seven percent swing reduced the Tory majority to just 2,438."

The fight for Chingford: Is Labour on track to unseat IDS?

*Blog

"The MS Society's statement on cannabis last week flew under the news radar, but it's an important development in the drug debate."

Getting the Conservatives behind cannabis

*Blog

"A new Supreme Court amendment is set to bring hope to thousands of families living apart due to the government's spouse visa rules"

Ray of hope for families kept apart by UK immigration enforcement

*Blog

"A system has not been put in place to ensure accountability, and as a consequence it is failing to protect those who live, work in and visit our prisons"

Grenfell prisons: A shocking report into fire safety behind bars

*Blog

"Under its new leadership UKIP could cease to act as a safety valve for extremism and instead become a platform for it."

The far right is re-inventing itself and we should be worried

*Blog

"Gardiner is also ignoring the wishes of the majority of Labour members, two-thirds of whom believe we should stay in the single market and the customs union"

Labour’s push to leave the customs union will decimate British industry

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