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Published in:Home: NewsGlobal food companies pay shareholders £15bn as millions face povertyExclusive: World’s biggest food giants made £20bn in profits – while warning of price rises to come
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Published in:50.50: FeatureThe feminists who want Armenians and Azerbaijanis to forgive each otherFor too long, peacebuilding has been left to men without any success, say activists on both sides of the conflict
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Published in:Home: FeatureExclusive: Crisis in legal aid system as asylum seekers unable to find lawyersMore than 40% of asylum seekers may be unable to access legal aid, despite the vast majority needing such support
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Published in:oDR: NewsBBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-sponsored film‘Wonders of Azerbaijan’ film was made with BP funding and the help of the country’s controversial ruling Aliyev family
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Published in:50.50: ExplainerExplainer: What does new ‘gay propaganda’ law mean for LGBTIQ+ Russians?Russia has passed a controversial law banning the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality. Here’s what you need to know
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureDeath in Qatar, but no just compensation for families back homeQatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on
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Published in: oDRRussia’s war has exposed the limits of liberal peace
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureMigrant workers still paying off debts that brought them to QatarMigrant workers took loans to work on the World Cup. For many, their creditors are waiting when they return
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisSmuggling or trafficking? For minors with few choices, the line is blurredExploitation is often one facet of children’s attempts to navigate an increasingly divided world
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27African leaders say oil and gas projects will provide energy security and jobs. Their true effects are more sinister
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: MPs including Hancock raked in £9.6m from second jobs in a yearThe former health secretary is tipped to receive £400,000 for ‘I’m A Celebrity’. But other MPs are also on the make
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Published in: Home: OpinionWe must fight COP27’s capitulation to oil firms on decarbonisationOPINION: Can people power, matched by technological advances, succeed where COP27 failed?
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Published in: Technology and Democracy: AnalysisWhat’s making voters so angry at each other?Which comes first: widening inequality or the ‘affective polarisation’ that goes with it?
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Published in: Home: NewsDelay in ‘no fault’ evictions ban leaves 48,000 households facing homelessnessThe Tories pledged to end section 21 evictions in 2019. Tens of thousands have paid the price for their slow progress
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Published in: Home: OpinionI’ve been an NHS nurse for 15 years. Here’s why I’m going on strikeOPINION: As nurses announce strikes in December, the Tories must start paying them fairly to save the NHS from collapse
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Published in: Home: InvestigationUK overseas aid still invested in fossil fuels – two years after climate pledgeRevealed: Records show the FCDO’s British International Investment fund has continued to back major polluters
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Published in: Home: FeatureI went to a landlords’ conference during a housing crisis. Here’s what I foundWith a key tenants’ rights bill set to go before MPs, what is going through the minds of the UK’s property class?
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisLGB Alliance tells tribunal it will ‘get around to’ helping LGB peopleThe controversial group’s charitable status was challenged in a hearing brought by trans youth charity Mermaids
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow industrial action could make the UK more democraticOPINION: As strikes soar, Scottish schools are shut and Royal Mail workers and university staff are downing tools
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Published in: Home: AnalysisExplained: What the Supreme Court decision means for Scottish independenceWhile the question of Scotland’s independence won’t be solved by a British court, the ruling could cause chaos
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Published in: Home: OpinionTory chaos offers Scotland an opportunity. Has the SNP missed it?OPINION: The Scottish government's loss at the Supreme Court on Wednesday is more evidence that the SNP’s strategy...
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Housing associations urged ministers to let them increase rentsRepresentatives of housing associations including Clarion, Peabody, L&Q and Optivo met and wrote to ministers over the summer
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionClub Q shooting shows link between anti-LGBTQ views, misogyny and violenceOPINION: We won’t solve gun violence until we accept that the US right is a threat to democracy and human rights
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Published in: Home: FeatureDemolition or disrepair: the choice facing residents on one London estateHundreds in Custom House are being asked to vote on whether their homes should be knocked down. It’s a catch-22
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisWhy Keir Starmer is embracing a points-based immigration systemThe UK is on its fourth points-based system – but it’s no such thing
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Published in: Home: FeatureThe Global South needs urgent action on COP27’s loss and damage dealExclusive: Farmers suffering worst droughts in 40 years tell openDemocracy how their communities are being destroyed
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: Human smuggling or human trafficking? Why the difference mattersPoliticians blur the difference because it helps them block the flows of all migrants and refugees
