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"This documentary provides yet more evidence that we urgently need to sort out the House of Lords"

Peers ‘popping into parliament’ to collect £300 allowance

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"Thank goodness for the mirror voices of dismay, despair and defiance from people who feel like I do, particularly on my social media feeds"

In praise of echo chambers

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"Two elderly ladies in Birmingham have been threatened with fines for sweeping up leaves."

The busybody state: when it’s a crime to sweep up leaves

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"Donald Trump's White House is staffed at the highest level with white nationalists who believe that immigration is a form of foreign invasion akin to war"

From Trump to nail bombs: How we normalised the far-right

*Comment & Analysis

Tom Brake in Gibraltar, where Brexit poses serious risks to the local economy

Gibraltar voted 96% Remain – but now Brexit makes it vulnerable to Spanish aggression

*Comment & Analysis

Leeds Community Homes would like to replicate successful community-led housing schemes like LILAC (photo credit: Modcell)

We’re not waiting for the govt to solve the housing crisis – we’ll do it ourselves

*Comment & Analysis

The focus on tackling so-called health tourism is putting the NHS principle of free-at-the-point-of-use at risk

Card readers on hospital beds: Immigration hysteria is breaking the NHS

Health tourism costs the NHS 0.38% of its budget, but the crazed debate over immigration means we have to start charging for care because of it

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The media must stop portraying council estates as crime-ridden and uncared for

The social housing stereotype is outdated and wrong

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"The party increasingly seems incapable of speaking to either the 48% or the 52%"

What Corbyn should have done to avoid his Article 50 shambles

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"The additional public revenue from these honours might be shown in the national accounts as a new form of VAT – Vanity Added Tax"

If Beckham wants a knighthood, he should buy one

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"Concentrix, the US contractor which wrongly stripped thousands of families of their tax credits"

The government’s latest benefits blunder is just the tip of the iceberg

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"Brexit is going to change almost every aspect of how we eat."

Stuffed: How Brexit will change the way you eat

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"In the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens are all standing against Ukip leader Paul Nuttal"

The Battle for Stoke: Why are we splitting the progressive vote?

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"Poll after poll has exposed an unpopular leadership and an unresponsive communications strategy"

Brexit has broken the Corbyn Delusion

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"Parliament should have scrutiny of all future trade agreements that the UK enters into"

We need veto on Trump trade deal, senior Labour figure demands

*Blog

"The first genetically modified (GM) apples go on sale in the US next month"

Brexit will flood the UK with genetic-modified American food – and it’s about time too

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"Suddenly, critics call our film "important", "eerily topical", "disturbing" "insightful"

Our film ‘The White King’ depicts a dystopia which now feels all too real

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"The only thing more concerning than the economic and social contractions of Brexit is the stigmatisation of anything other than near-jingoistic optimism"

If you respect the electorate, you’d tell them the truth about a hard-Brexit

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"The issue of Europe, which once divided the Tories, looks set to do the same to Labour."

The Labour split on Article 50 was on full display over the weekend

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