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How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster

Reform UK’s migration proposals prove that the party hasn’t just joined the debate – it owns it

By Georgios Samaras

/ 28 Aug 2025

How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster

Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as visa scheme expands

Migrant workers’ legal precarity reveals incompatibility of Labour’s policies on worker’s rights and immigration

By Frey Lindsay

/ 28 Aug 2025

Seasonal workers: no halt to exploitation as visa scheme expands

The UK must introduce a Gaza Family Visa Scheme as it did with Ukraine

With dozens of children dying in Gaza every day, the UK must show the same flexibility it demonstrated in past crises

By Amreen Qureshi

/ 26 Aug 2025

The UK must introduce a Gaza Family Visa Scheme as it did with Ukraine

Women working on UK farms report sexual harassment and financial insecurity

New paper reveals stark gender inequalities with the Seasonal Worker Scheme, which government recently renewed

By Lucila Granada

/ 21 Aug 2025

Women working on UK farms report sexual harassment and financial insecurity

Paranoia, misinformation, and glee: inside Bristol’s far right protest

The numbers were small. But at a far right protest in Bristol, we saw a movement that believes it’s winning.

By Sian Norris

/ 11 Aug 2025

Paranoia, misinformation, and glee: inside Bristol’s far right protest

Repartidores del Reino Unido atrapados entre las redadas antiinmigrantes y el algoritmo

Los migrantes sin permiso de trabajo en Reino Unido se ganan la vida mediante aplicaciones de reparto que los explotan y los exponen a represión policial

By Nando Sigona and Stefano Piemontese

/ 7 Aug 2025

Repartidores del Reino Unido atrapados entre las redadas antiinmigrantes y el algoritmo

Delivery riders caught between algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

By Nando Sigona and Stefano Piemontese

/ 7 Aug 2025

Delivery riders caught between algorithms and immigration raids

Identifying ‘modern slavery’ can damage asylum claims

The UK’s modern slavery identification system slows down asylum claims. It can even undermine them

By Joshua Findlay

/ 23 Jul 2025

Identifying ‘modern slavery’ can damage asylum claims

Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ at UK universities spoke at far-right rally

Ambassador of anti-rape company Enough took to stage after Tommy Robinson ally who called for ‘re-migration’

By Sian Norris

/ 17 Jul 2025

Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ at UK universities spoke at far-right rally

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick

Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people

By Vicky Taylor

/ 11 Jul 2025

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick

La ONU perdió la oportunidad de liderar la lucha contra la trata de personas

La respuesta internacional a la trata de personas ha estado dispersa desde el primer día. ¿Podrían los recortes de financiación de EEUU forzar finalmente la unidad?

By Mike Dottridge

/ 12 Jun 2025

La ONU perdió la oportunidad de liderar la lucha contra la trata de personas

Labour’s defence review is rehashed, uninspired, and doomed to fail

Keir Starmer’s defence plan overlooks by far the biggest threat facing global security

By Paul Rogers

/ 6 Jun 2025

Labour’s defence review is rehashed, uninspired, and doomed to fail