Politics.co.uk staff

Latest articles

*Comment & Analysis

Plans for the UK to join the patent court system have been dropped.

No-one knows what Britain’s post-Brexit IP strategy is – and neither does the govt

*Comment & Analysis

Facing the anger: Time for politicians to be straight with voters.

Sometimes you need to tell voters they’re wrong

*Comment & Analysis

Each winter at least 10,000 people in the UK die due to a cold home.

This heating scheme saves lives – now the govt needs to commit to extending it

*Comment & Analysis

Lording it over us: Peers' expenses free-for-all continues

Lording it over us: Peers’ expenses free-for-all continues

*Comment & Analysis

Making a judgement call: Young journos weigh up offers from tabloid outlets

Turning down the tabloids

*Comment & Analysis

Facial Recognition: Is racist technology fit for purpose?

Facial Recognition: Is racist technology fit for purpose?

*Comment & Analysis

The deportation flight last week only took 17 of the expected 50 individuals, following last-minute legal action

Jamaica deportation: The govt is trying to bully those who stood up for justice

Renewed attacks on judicial review are a grim reminder that the government doesn’t like being held to account over its treatment of immigrants.

*Comment & Analysis

Europeans in the UK: Hapless Brexit policy threatens lack of security.

European citizens warn of post-Brexit discrimination

They promised that “nothing would change”. But European citizens are being undermined on a daily basis.

*Comment & Analysis

Crucial new report finds forced destitution on asylum-seeking women in the UK.

Made homeless by the state: Britain’s assault on women seeking asylum

*Comment & Analysis

Lisa Nandy during a recent Labour leadership hustings in Nottingham

Nandy is grasping the nettle on the moral need for tax increases

*Comment & Analysis

Generation gap: The Schofield announcement revealed a gulf in attitudes in the LGBTQ+ community

Schofield coming out revealed a generational gulf in the gay community

*Comment & Analysis

Charlotte Weil speaks at the presentation of the unreported statistics on FGM at a conference in Berlin last year.

No tolerance for FGM: What the govt must do now

*Comment & Analysis

The British games industry showed how growth can be locally based

Local video games: An untold British success story

*Comment & Analysis

5G: Previous investment decisions left Britain at the mercy of the Chinese company.

Why can’t Britain build its own 5G network?

*Comment & Analysis

New report paints stark picture of prejudice in UK

Migrants and minorities: Britain’s pride and prejudice

*Comment & Analysis

The new MAC recommendations will now be considered by government.

Reducing people to income: The bleak vision of the new immigration report

*Comment & Analysis

An art installation on display during a Huawei exhibition in Shanghai last year. The company is now at the centre of US security concerns.

What exactly is the Huawei security threat?

*Comment & Analysis

Faded glory: Britain leaves the EU this week, but Labour must remain true to its values.

If I’m deputy leader, Labour will stay true to European values

*Comment & Analysis

Heading up north: Embryonic govt plans would see the Lords relocated to York

It will take more than moving the Lords up north to fix it

Url Copied