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*Blog

"If we are to stand any chance of turning the tide of insecurity and hate, progressives must take back control of the argument"

The progressive left needs to remember its roots and start speaking up for immigration

*Blog

"The Today Programme is undeniably an institution"

The decline of the Today programme: How bust-ups replaced debate

*Blog

"The challenge for the chancellor is that the scale of funding required for the NHS is large and ongoing"

Brexit, weak growth and an ageing population risk sinking the NHS

*Comment & Analysis

"The Indian authorities have a lot to answer for. But so too do the British."

The untold story of how Britain turned a blind eye to a Sikh massacre

News

Child maintenance records are being shared with the Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes

Single parent families could be left ‘destitute’ as Home Office accesses child maintenance records

*Blog

"After Johnson's comments, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned to court on Saturday"

Boris Johnson’s bumbling act is now a threat to Brits abroad

*Blog

"Which direction it takes depends, of course, upon a leadership election due to conclude in two weeks' time"

Scottish Labour is back in the game – what happens next depends on the leadership contest

The party now has a strategic decision to make

*Blog

"The responses to the various sexual harassment and abuse scandals from the parties are changing daily."

Parties must do more to support the volunteers entrusted to investigate harassment complaints

Emotional support for those making complaints is essential, but so too is support for those who hear them

News

"The omission is "potentially illegal" in light of the government's international obligations to protect disabled people"

Warning over new exclusion threat for disabled people

*Blog

"The widespread and routine sharing of personal data collected by frontline agencies with the Home Office is the cornerstone of the hostile environment."

Buried in a government bill, an immigration rule strips millions of their data protection

*Blog

"The legacy of the Reformation, and how Luther would have felt about it, will remain contested."

The radical history of Protestantism

*Blog

"One of the questions for politics now will be how much of the harassment of women was known about"

This isn’t a witch hunt – it’s a rebalancing of power between men and women

*Blog

"House Of Cards is the house that built Netflix"

How Netflix’s House Of Cards outpaced the news cycle, then toppled

*Blog

"It is a useful reminder that most ordinary Brits aren't that hard-line on immigration"

Public attitudes on immigration are softening but Amber Rudd is stuck in the past

*Blog

"The failure of the Conservatives to invest sufficient resources to meet the needs of patients has now become intolerable"

Paying people to house NHS patients is not a solution to our social care crisis

*Blog

O'Mara has resigned from the Women and Equalities Committee

All sides need to stop using sexism as a political pawn

*Blog

"Chris Heaton-Harris, Tory MP, government whip and arch eurosceptic, has got himself into very hot water with academics"

A McCarthyite witchhunt against Remainer academics

*Blog

"These powers usually expand from what was originally envisaged"

This is what happened last time the govt gave itself huge executive powers

*Blog

"It's impossible to debate and discuss Brexit at all without the failed structure of our politics being at the heart of the discussion"

We need to take back control: Leavers and Remainers can agree on this

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