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Published in: 50.50: News‘We need a full ban on conversion therapy, without exemptions’LGBT advocates, MPs and religious leaders urge the UK public to complete the government consultation – which closes on Friday
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy can’t the UK government explain what its Health Bill will actually achieve?Tory MPs are quick to dispute claims that this bill is about privatisation. But there’s a reason why none of them...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe UK government is looking to profit from closing borders to asylum seekersAs the UK government pushes its Borders Bill through Parliament, it also makes a sales pitch to other states wanting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEngland and Wales’s Police Bill threatens anyone with a cause they believe inIt now proposes new crimes that could criminalise almost any protester and give police alarmingly wide powers of...
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisShould the UK military be removed from handling sexual violence cases?As the armed forces’ justice system comes under renewed scrutiny, allegations of sexual violence could be passed to...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill it take a COVID strain deadlier than Omicron to wake up world leaders?The WHO had warned that worldwide vaccination was vital to ward off new variants, yet here we are. Blame the latest...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK’s transparency watchdog has a terrible transparency record of its ownThe Information Commissioner’s Office, headed by Elizabeth Denham until last month, is failing to stick to its own rule book
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionNew lobbying ban wouldn’t have stopped Owen Paterson from taking second jobYet again, Parliament’s standards watchdog has botched the rules for MPs – proving that they shouldn’t be allowed to...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsTory minister says transparency laws are ‘malign’Lord Callanan accused the public of having ‘forms set up on their word processors’ to submit FOI requests ‘with gay abandon’
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsCabinet Office fined £500,000 for publishing celebrities’ private addressesMore than 1,000 people – including Elton John and Nadiya Hussain – had home addresses shared by UK government,...
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Published in: Home: OpinionVaccine apartheid is prolonging COVID – not vaccine hesitancyThere’s a colonial tendency to portray people in Africa as anti-science and averse to progress, when the real...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK peers face tighter rules on financial interests, after openDemocracy investigationExclusive: Members of the House of Lords will have to provide details of companies they have ‘significant control’...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan’s looming financial collapse is little worry for the TalibanTwo key factors will ensure that the Kabul regime is here to stay – no matter how dire it gets for civilians
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisPatel’s citizenship-stripping bill would accelerate UK race to the bottomBritain already breaks international norms. The Home Office bid to remove citizenship without notice is a landmark...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsCabinet Office’s actions ‘increase suspicion’ about secretive FOI unit, MPs toldThe government department refused to allow a probe into its ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House unit in the wake of...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisScotland is on the global frontlines of The Great Net-Zero Land GrabAs investors look to profit from the carbon-offset gold rush, demand for land is soaring. But letting Big Finance...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionFrance and UK can stop deaths in Channel – but not by increasing border patrolsStopping refugees from moving does not solve refugee migration. Here are the building blocks of a sustainable alternative
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWill the latest review into English football bring about any real change?On conflicts of interest and bodies being unable to regulate themselves, the UK Parliament knows more than most. So...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBarbados has thrown off its colonial shackles. Now the real change must comeBarbados has removed the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsWebsite for booking NHS appointments offers mostly private healthcareExclusive: Patients trying to book NHS GP services online are plunged into a ‘baffling’ system of paid-for tests and...
Tell the police: Investigate the Downing Street parties
The Met Police should investigate now, before any further evidence can be destroyed.
