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Maryland star Hayley Squires: ‘This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We’re asking for men’s help’
Violence against women

Maryland star Hayley Squires: ‘This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We’re asking for men’s help’

This caretaker government shouldn’t be sheltering from the storm
Paul McNamee

This caretaker government shouldn’t be sheltering from the storm

Cutting income tax would be an ‘incredibly inefficient’ way of dealing with the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Cutting income tax would be an ‘incredibly inefficient’ way of dealing with the cost of living crisis

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’
Film

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’

The government’s promise to ‘level up’ parts of the UK has ground to a halt, says Labour
Levelling up

The government’s promise to ‘level up’ parts of the UK has ground to a halt, says Labour

Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK

How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues
Tory leadership race

How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues

Michael Gove sacking is ‘another blow for the housing crisis’
Conservative Chaos

Michael Gove sacking is ‘another blow for the housing crisis’

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis

MPs are three times more likely to own a second home than the general public
Second homes

MPs are three times more likely to own a second home than the general public

Politics is beginning to look like a toxic sludge
John Bird

Politics is beginning to look like a toxic sludge

BetterPod: Darren McGarvey on how remote politics has wrecked Britain
inequality

BetterPod: Darren McGarvey on how remote politics has wrecked Britain

Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’
inequality

Darren McGarvey: ‘Austerity was class war. I want to hit back’

‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
TV

‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’
TV

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’

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Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’

Windrush monument receives mixed reception as 3 in 4 victims are still waiting for compensation
Windrush Day

Windrush monument receives mixed reception as 3 in 4 victims are still waiting for compensation

Exclusive: Michael Gove vows to help Grenfell victims bring criminal charges
Grenfell

Exclusive: Michael Gove vows to help Grenfell victims bring criminal charges

Margaret Beckett: ‘People think Boris Johnson would be a good laugh in the pub. He’d be late and not get a round in’
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Margaret Beckett: ‘People think Boris Johnson would be a good laugh in the pub. He’d be late and not get a round in’