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This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers
Libraries

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers

Sizewell C nuclear plant isn’t perfect. But it’s a necessary step if we’re to avoid ‘dunkelflaute’
Chaitanya Kumar

Sizewell C nuclear plant isn’t perfect. But it’s a necessary step if we’re to avoid ‘dunkelflaute’

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Green energy

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?

Labour has committed to a warm homes breakthrough – but we’re not out of the cold yet
Simon Francis

Labour has committed to a warm homes breakthrough – but we’re not out of the cold yet

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’
Immigration

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
Literature

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship
Professor Sarah Mills

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

‘There’s no magic bullet’: The battle to keep Cardiff’s vital music scene from dying out
Grassroots music venues

‘There’s no magic bullet’: The battle to keep Cardiff’s vital music scene from dying out

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve
Gaza

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage
Cat Hobbs

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage

‘Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform’: Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage
Politics

‘Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform’: Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?
John Rose

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Nature

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why
Tim Naor Hilton

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why

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No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
Books

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Cameroon and the refugee crisis you’ve probably never heard of
Hassane Hamadou

Cameroon and the refugee crisis you’ve probably never heard of

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

Swimmer Michael Gunning: ‘Sport can be toxic – but everybody deserves to feel safe taking part’
Sport

Swimmer Michael Gunning: ‘Sport can be toxic – but everybody deserves to feel safe taking part’