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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory MP hid directorship at defence firm while sitting on defence committeeExclusive: Bob Stewart failed to declare role at a defence firm linked to a controversial Azerbaijani businessman
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Published in: Home: NewsChild Q: Not enough done to avoid repeat of racist incident, report findsAn updated review on progress since Child Q has revealed that racism and inequality are present in all public bodies
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionDeadly Greece shipwreck makes case against ‘floating prisons’ even starkerThis search and rescue worker has helped refugees in distress at sea. Those people shouldn’t be housed in barges
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Published in: Home: NewsJacob Rees-Mogg under fire for backing anti-abortion misinformationTory MPs championed a report from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) that used debunked figures
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewTrafficking survivor says she was told to blame Muslims in Lords speechFar-right groups are manipulating human trafficking survivors for political gains, says Caitlin Spencer
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment stockpiled ‘much’ less PPE for Black staff – health chiefCovid-19 inquiry hears how, despite warnings to stockpile PPE, Black healthcare staff had fewer masks available
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhat the world has to learn from Argentina about trans rightsTens of thousands of transgender people have exercised their right to self-ID in Argentina over the last decade
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Published in: Home: NewsDavid Cameron grilled over claims austerity helped UK prepare for pandemicEx-PM accused of being ‘in denial’ about the impact of cuts to UK services under his leadership
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Published in: Home: NewsJohnson honours MP whose climate group called global warming ‘welcome’Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns handed damehood despite supporting group that appears to play down UK’s fatal heatwaves
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Published in: Home: InvestigationSome ‘renewable’ UK incinerators are more polluting than coal stationsExclusive: Waste firms and councils accused of ‘greenwashing’ with false claims over burning rubbish for energy
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Published in: Home: OpinionNuclear weapons on rise in a world where ‘peace through deterrence’ is a mythPowerful nations are prepared to use nuclear weapons first. This is why their proliferation is worrying analysts
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Published in: Home: NewsLockdowns not considered in UK’s emergency plans, Covid inquiry hearsA senior civil servant said the government's planning was focused on a no-deal Brexit and flu pandemics
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Published in: Home: InvestigationPolice in West Yorkshire schools more likely to use force against Black kids‘Safer schools officers’ used force on 65 occasions last year, including four times against children under 11
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Published in: Home: NewsUK didn’t consider structural racism in pandemic planning, documents revealCovid-19 inquiry expert witnesses found almost no emergency planning material that mentioned health inequalities
