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Report: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

by Charlotte England

Exclusive: A second group of asylum seekers is resisting removal out of London, to isolated hotels threatened by the far right.

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Opinion: Does Jeremy Hunt Hate Children?

by Edie Miller

The chancellor’s recent budget announcement of 30 hours of free childcare for one and two-year-olds is too little, too late.

Opinion: Why Aren’t We Angrier About the Price of Food?

by Lewis Bassett

Food riots used to be a regular occurrence in England. Could they happen now? Lewis Bassett went to Rotherham to find out if people are angry enough.

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Analysis: Bank Bailouts Aren’t the Start of Another Global Crisis. But They Should Still Have Us Worried

by James Meadway

Bank bailouts at Credit Suisse and SVB are probably not the start of another global financial crisis, writes James Meadway. But one infamous pattern from 2008 looks set to repeat.

Jeremy Hunt at Downing Street. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Opinion: Jeremy Hunt’s Budget Didn’t Crash the Economy Again. So Why Aren’t Tories Pleased?

by Tom Peters

The budget was a departure from the government's strategy of actively causing chaos and instability, writes Tom Peters.

Piers Corbyn at a protest against the expansion of the Ulez zone.

Feature: How Conspiracy Theorists Made Air Pollution the Latest Front in the Culture War

by Diyora Shadijanova

The far-right and climate deniers have latched on to opposition to plans to reduce traffic. Diyora Shadijanova reports.

Report: Sex Workers Are Being Detained at the US Border

by Sophie K Rosa

Vague and discriminatory laws can bar sex workers from entering the US, but they’re inconsistently applied. Sophie K Rosa reports.

A 'Krankenhausbewegung' holds a sign reading, "We won't let ourselves be broken'. Bernd Friedel via Reuters Connect

Feature: Meet the German Health Workers Who Beat Overwork and Saved Lives

by Polly Smythe

German hospital workers were told that by going on strike they were endangering patients. But staff cuts were already creating chaos on wards. Polly Smythe reports.

A protester holds a flare on 7 March. Olly Haynes

Report: France’s ‘Robin Hood’ Energy Workers Are Sending Cheap Electricity to Schools and Hospitals

by Olly Haynes

Striking workers are using sabotage tactics to fight for everyone.

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Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman

by Rivkah Brown

Last weekend a man died after a fire broke out in his council-run slum. Under Michael Gove’s new plans, he could be blamed for his own death, writes Rivkah Brown.

Opinion: The Tories Want You to Panic About Sex Education

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Attacks on sex and relationships teaching are a continuation of an ongoing panic that primarily targets LGBTQ+ people, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Report: GB News’ New Man of the People Was Given Tens of Thousands by Aristocrats

by Sam Bright

Tory vice chair Lee Anderson MP accepted money from an aristocratic dynasty and an exclusive members club.

Carrot performing at drag bingo. John Lubbock

Feature: Drag Queens Are the Latest Target for Homophobic Culture Warriors

by Simon Childs & John Lubbock

How British reactionaries followed the US far right to attack drag queens reading stories for children.

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Feature: Charities Are Taking Over NHS Drug Clinics and Patients Are Terrified

by Daisy Schofield

A drug clinic is set to close after 56 years as a wave of outsourcing sweeps the NHS. Service users told Daisy Schofield they fear for their lives.

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt Is Desperate to Ditch the Energy Price Cap. Too Bad His Own Voters Need It

by Ell Folan

Last week chancellor Jeremy Hunt was again forced to U-turn on lifting the energy price cap. Try as they might to ditch it, necessity has bound the Tories to the policy, writes Ell Folan.

Feature: After Deflating Thousands of Tyres, Eco-Saboteurs Are Thinking Up New Ways to Tackle SUVs

by Clare Hymer

Since March 2022, guerrilla climate activists have deflated over 10,000 SUV tyres across 15 countries. We went out with the Tyre Extinguishers in Bristol to find out what eco-saboteurs might do next.

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Opinion: Neoliberal Politicians Are Destroying Glasgow

by Jonathon Shafi

Privatisation-loving council leader Susan Aitken once partnered with McDonald's to organise volunteer-run clean-ups as she slashed refuse collection budgets. Now she's charging locals £50 to have their garden waste collected. Jonathon Shafi on the crisis unfolding in Glasgow.

A far-right protester at a demonstration outside a hotel in Rotherham.

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

by Charlotte England

A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.