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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPundits say British politics is undergoing a post-neoliberal shift. They’re wrong
On the contrary, the new capitalist variant may look much like the old
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Published in: Migrant Futures: FeatureGetting a foothold in global opera: the cost of COVID
Aspiring singers are finding it hard to begin careers in the world of international opera because of difficulties...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP facing lobbying probe helped firm win 'VIP lane' PPE deal
Leak reveals ministers and MPs, including former health minister Steve Brine, referred private firms to ‘VIP’ list...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe Welsh government is escaping scrutiny over COVID-19
A landmark report showed Westminster’s terrible mistakes in the pandemic. But Wales made its own mistakes, too
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitals
A multi-billion-pound contract enlisted 187 private hospitals to help the UK’s COVID response. Why did they care for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn holiday in sunny, sensible Portugal, I realised England is bad, actually
The Portuguese use masks to keep COVID at bay, while the English rely on nostalgia and a misguided sense of national...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBoris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’
Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureIn search of a COVID-19 vaccine in Yemen
Conspiracy theories, misinformation and Houthi refusals to vaccinate people in areas under their control mean that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsNo prosecutions for furlough fraud, despite 30,000 allegations
Exclusive: UK authorities accused of sending a ‘green light’ to potential fraudsters by failing to create a strong deterrent
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsCalls for probe into ‘PPE millionaires’ who made staff work on furlough
openDemocracy revealed how a marketing firm that won £40m in PPE contracts threatened to fire staff who spoke out...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionHow battling France’s COVID pass led the Left to embolden the far Right
Instead of focusing on changes that would ease pandemic suffering, left-wing groups have joined hysterical protests...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMarketing firm given £40m PPE contract made staff work on furlough
Exclusive: Employees say KAU Media Group threatened to fire staff who complained about being forced to work on...
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Published in: Migrant Futures: AnalysisHow COVID-19 exposed Canada’s treatment of migrant workers
There was a discrepancy between the discourses of the ‘heroism’ of Canada’s essential workers – many of whom are...
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Published in: Migrant Futures: AnalysisMigrants bear the brunt of Canada’s worsening housing crisis
With fewer homes to rent and rising landlord discrimination, cities such as Montreal must instigate policy change to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News‘Spy tech’ firm Palantir made £22m profit after NHS data deal
Exclusive: CIA-backed company made record UK profits after winning multi-million-pound government contracts, while...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionConspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset
It’s a corporate takeover of global governance that affects our food, our data and our vaccines
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK politicians who referred PPE firms to ‘VIP lane’ to be named
Government agrees to reveal details of how companies were fast-tracked to win lucrative COVID contracts, after...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsSecretive ‘spy’ firm met UK minister to discuss PPE supply
Exclusive: No records were kept of meeting with private company chaired by government’s own PPE tsar
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionA 3% NHS pay ‘rise’ is a disgrace. Our health service needs proper investment
One nurse speaks out on dire working conditions, low pay and the erosion of a vital public service
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisWhy Cubans took to the streets
It is no surprise that the young are confronting an old revolution that refuses to accept its failure in bringing...