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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisThis should be the social care election – why is it being treated as anything but?Some 30,000 died of COVID in England’s care homes. Yet with few understanding councils and the care system, social...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisHow Scottish independence stopped being scaryIn 2016, Scotland’s Conservatives successfully spread panic about an independence referendum. Five years on, the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTories accused of ‘unfathomable’ failure to pledge against election intimidationExclusive: Boris Johnson’s party is refusing to sign a pledge against abuse, and the government has failed to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion‘My father’s life is in danger for defending Bahrain’s freedom’Human rights advocate Ali Mushaima calls on the British government to stop using taxpayers’ money to fund a...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIn pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedomSeven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local electionsAs the rest of the opposition crumbles, the party traditionally on the fringe has become a viable alternative that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDon’t let Johnson muddy the water – the lobbying scandal is about contracts, not unionsIt is bizarre that we are talking about further regulation of unions and charities in response to a scandal about...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK accused of ‘Trump tactics’ after ‘devastating’ £131m cut to family planning aidMillions of the world’s poorest women and girls will ‘pay the price’ of the UK government reneging on its...
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Published in: ourEconomy: Interview'The future sucks': why the work you love won’t love you backCapitalism is making life worse for workers yet demanding more dedication than ever. Sarah Jaffe argues that there’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTo achieve press freedom, we must rewrite journalismIt is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLeading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoinBrian Cox, Slavoj Žižek, and Elena Ferrante among signatories asking the EU to offer membership ahead of possible...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationThe mother penalty: the women short-changed by a government support scheme (video)
The COVID-19 support scheme for self-employed people discriminated against mothers. We hear one woman's story and...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19
For many artists, the pandemic has confirmed that the government either doesn’t care about the arts or is actively...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘My world became very small’: People with disabilities on life in lockdownAs the UK reopens, people with disabilities reflect on the difficulties of the past year, from increased health...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBoris Johnson’s new ethics adviser works for arms companyExclusive: Lord Geidt, tasked with clearing up government sleaze scandal, is a paid adviser to an arms company with...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsWhy we’re taking the UK government to court to protect Freedom of InformationopenDemocracy is taking legal action over the Cabinet Office’s ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House that vets FOI requests and...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsFreedom of Information in danger of ‘sliding into obsolescence’, new report findsExclusive: New report from transparency charity calls for FOI overhaul, with new regulatory powers given to Parliament
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsGovernment faces ‘urgent’ calls to scrap England's Test and Trace schemeExclusive: With the original 12-month outsourced contracts due for renewal, Labour MPs and activists have demanded...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Analysis7 ways Boris Johnson’s Downing Street refurb may have broken rulesThere are at least seven different sets of rules that Boris Johnson, his party and his government may have broken in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisOn eating disorders, it's time to stop talking and start actingIn the UK, many people are missing out on potentially life-saving treatment because of chronic underfunding and...
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