Marginalised groups will suffer most from a policy shift away from ‘bottom-up’ development to a more top-down approach

Election results show that the ground is shifting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the future of the UK...

Experts say surging costs may offer perpetrators an excuse to control the household’s finances – depriving survivors...

Boris Johnson has already caved to pressure on fracking ban from Tory “parliamentary wing” of climate denial group

An openDemocracy contact found the following memo under a decaf flat white in the Westminster Greggs. We cannot...

Britain survived as a state by moving its tyranny and violence out of sight. Priti Patel’s plan to send refugees to...

The prime minister built his career by stoking distrust in politics. His fine from the police could end up benefiting him

The prime minister and chancellor have been given fixed penalty notices for their attendance of lockdown-busting...

Boris Johnson’s U-turn over protecting trans people in the conversion therapy ban is an attempt to appeal to Tory...

Government-funded experts claim legislation to seize UK property bought with dirty money may do more harm than good

Hundreds have died of COVID because the papers bullied Boris Johnson into lifting lockdown early

Representation matters – but Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s claims to ‘support’ their trans colleague don’t match...

The SNP has slammed the decision, saying the public deserve “answers and accountability”.

The government faces a vote over the controversial appointment of the newspaper baron, a personal friend of the PM,...

The chancellor helped out middle-income households, but left the poorest with just a fraction of the support they...

Britain has homes that are older, draughtier and harder to heat than anywhere else in western Europe. The poor are...

Boris Johnson says his government may yet take further measures over Ukraine, but experts have accused the UK of...

The Electoral Commission is only the latest target in the Tory party’s determination to destroy any semblance of scrutiny

Johnson’s government is rewriting the rules to make sure there can only be one winner – and we can’t let that happen

As tension heightens over Ukraine, experts say targeting the Russian elite’s UK property would be difficult – and...