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Published in: Home: FeatureHow Brick Lane fought back against racismEast London’s Bengali community came out against the murder of Altab Ali in 1978. These are their stories
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionI was at the first Pride march 50 years ago today. Here’s what it taught meThe UK’s Gay Liberation Front only lasted a few years in the early 1970s, but its legacy is still felt today
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans haters couldn’t dim the joy of my first shirtless PrideThe sun on my chest in Oxford Street felt like a recognition of how hard I had fought to get where I was
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Russian oligarch dodged sanctions over Mayfair mansionShares controlled by Alisher Usmanov in a London property firm were transferred to the Russian business empire he founded
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Published in: Home: NewsMoment police officer punches protester in face during Peckham raidExclusive: Footage provides new evidence of police brutalising protesters at an immigration raid in south London
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionCan the new Economic Crime Bill really tackle the UK’s dirty money problem?From Russian money laundering to a fraud epidemic, economic crime costs the UK at least £290bn a year. The...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes foreverThe pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: More London children speak out about horrific police strip searchesYoung people and youth workers will picket a Hackney police station over the ‘state-sanctioned sexual assault’ of...
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Published in: Home: NewsRate of unsolved killings of Black and Asian people has trebled under DickExclusive: Metropolitan Police accused of institutional racism as homicide cases with Black or Asian victims are...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Russian army’s football club channelling cash through LondonSanctioned CSKA Moscow is chaired by Putin’s personal adviser, but a significant stake in the club is still owned by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI covered Stephen Port’s murders. I know Cressida Dick’s departure isn’t enoughAs a gay journalist, I connected the dots on the killings before the Met Police did – and was intimidated by police...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLondon is a ‘magnet for dirty money’, says UK government’s anti-corruption tsarThe Conservative MP writes today on openDemocracy that urgent action is needed to stop ‘growing’ levels of fraud
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRevealed: The tax avoider’s secret weaponThe Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsLondon Stock Exchange under fire for financing Belarusian dictatorExclusive: MPs call on British government to act over $1.25bn Belarusian bonds issued in London, demand review City...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCool it, CleeseAn open letter to John Cleese on London, Brexit and Englishness.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon - the most English of cities?London is often seen as separate and aloof from England. But there’s a more complex story about its culture, which...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThink Anew, Act Anew: a Convention on Brexit and a People's VoteAn emergency, public gathering in London will take place this Friday ahead of the big parliamentary debate on the UK...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSave Ridley Road – how the community is fighting back against faceless developersWhilst the media bemoans the ‘death of the high street’, across London, investors are trying to drive out the kind...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK7 ways the ‘Finance Curse’ harms the UK – how can we lift it?The City of London is a huge drag on the UK’s real economy. But we can – and must – lift the 'Finance Curse'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard under fire (again) over lucrative Uber dealExclusive: Politicians call on UK advertising watchdog to investigate paid-for content dressed up as news at...
