Experts say surging costs may offer perpetrators an excuse to control the household’s finances – depriving survivors of the means to escape
Directly elected mayors are a fig leaf of democracy. Let’s follow Bristol’s lead and design a fairer system
Exclusive: Tory councillors implicated in ‘hate’ campaign towards Jewish candidate face calls for tougher sanctions
Boris Johnson has already caved to pressure on fracking ban from Tory “parliamentary wing” of climate denial group
Scores of lobbyists for the building sector also hold senior roles in local government, openDemocracy has found
No one’s talking about the UK’s hugely profitable energy distribution networks. They should be publicly owned
A Christian medic who offered to prescribe the controversial ‘treatment’ to our undercover reporter has been let off
Net Zero Watch says it won’t take cash from fossil fuel investors – but we discovered a funder with millions in oil
Cross-community parties are on the rise and the DUP’s grip on power appears to be loosening. But many voters seem disillusioned with politics
Four years on from damning report, government has failed to bring forward promised legislation to protect workers from predatory colleagues
