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Nearly 100 prison staff sanctioned for ‘inappropriate’ relationships

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‘Women have to suffer’: Going undercover in the incel movement

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Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business

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Lovebomed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business

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Lovebomed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business

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‘How do we control Palestinians? We make them feel like we are everywhere’

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What does Starmer’s victory mean for the left?

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Rishi Sunak set to preside over a historic defeat. What will his legacy be?

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Revealed: The secretive group taking MPs on trips to Israel

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Labour’s biggest corporate donor Ecotricity accused of ‘greenwashing’

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Labour offers no hope to migrants locked up without end date

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How will Labour’s new desire to be the party of war shape British politics?

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What would a sensible security policy look like for the UK?

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Why I left the Labour Party after 40 years to stand as an independent

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Why I’m standing against Keir Starmer in his constituency

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A new environmental movement is quietly shaking up UK politics

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Tories lacking transparency: 14 years of undermining Freedom of Information

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Milei's ‘twin extractivism’ reforms threaten Argentina and the planet

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The lobbyist connecting Labour’s top team with arms firms and energy bosses

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Join the conversation: Readers’ thoughts on MPs’ donations and manifestos

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Government secrecy still rife as departments consistently breach FOI deadlines

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Labour has learned nothing from Tory mistakes on migration

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Who’s funding your MP? Here’s how to find out

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Farage, Le Pen, Meloni: Europe’s establishment is ushering in the far right

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Uganda’s U-turn on refugee policy leaves Sudanese asylum seekers stranded

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The UK doesn’t work for Disabled people. Neither party will change that

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Join the conversation: Readers’ thoughts on voting for independent candidates

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Brazilian rape victims who have abortions may face longer in jail than rapists

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A Labour win won’t stop shadowy right-wing think tanks influencing policy

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Project 2025: The US far-right plan to undermine democracy and rights globally

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Labour and Tories fail to commit to exposing universities’ secret donors

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Will Labour’s left-wing purges affect its ability to govern?

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Join the conversation: Readers’ thoughts on Keir Starmer

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One seat, two candidates accused of buying their chance to become its MP

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A war on two fronts: How the British military fails women who report rapes

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The next government must dismantle our racist asylum system

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New reports of harassment emerge against sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos

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The left has a choice: unite behind Starmer or face Farage rising to power

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Gaza vs Ukraine: A double standard that has broken the world order

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Gaza vs Ukraine: A double standard that has broken the world order

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Inside the lobbying campaign to force Labour’s next U-turn

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Is Shell’s exit from Nigeria a front to dodge legal responsibilities?

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Keir Starmer is a liar. We deserve so much better – and we can get it

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Biden’s ceasefire in Gaza is unlikely despite Israel’s fall in global standing

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Minister who owns beef farm approved ÂŁ5m ad campaign promoting red meat

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I pulled out of Hay Festival over its links to Baillie Gifford. And it worked

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Join the conversation: Readers’ thoughts on a Labour government

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Labour, the vampire kangaroo and a very ‘spooky’ dinner engagement

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The next prime minister could fix the housing crisis. Here’s how

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My family are trapped in Rafah. We urgently need a UK visa scheme

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