Analysis: Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power
Craig Gent
Northern leaders want to end ‘cap-in-hand’ politics, yet they have little choice but to doff that cap to Whitehall, writes Craig Gent.
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Opinion: Britain’s Future Depends on Its Smaller Cities
Aaron Bastani
Britain is one of the most urbanised countries on earth, but this isn’t down to London. From Hull to Manchester, we must invest in our smaller cities, writes Aaron Bastani.
Report: A Pro-Israel Group Is Trying to Intimidate Palestine Protesters With Claims of ‘Infiltration’
Clare Hymer
A group of anonymous pro-Israel digital vigilantes claims it’s embedding ‘agents’ behind ‘enemy lines’ in order to make people scared of publicly supporting Palestine. Clare Hymer reports.
Opinion: RIP Vice: A Good Website Killed by Incompetent, Overpaid Bosses
Simon Childs
As the new media post-mortem begins, don’t let inept, parasitical executives avoid some of the blame.
Report: ‘I Want to Smack People in the Face’: Toxic Culture at Prestigious Legal Publisher Revealed
Polly Smythe
Managers at Legal 500, which publishes a rating of law firms, joked about staff ‘banging on about their mental health’.
Review: The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep
Juliet Jacques
Jonathan Glazer’s latest film follows a Nazi family living in Auschwitz’s backyard. It couldn’t be timelier, writes Juliet Jacques.
Opinion: Is This Britain’s Most Hypocritical Boss?
Simon Childs
Andy Haldane is happy to give advice on squeezed pay packets and ‘investing in people’, but he has less to say about his own employees who are campaigning for better wages.
Opinion: Who Cares About Rochdale?
Craig Gent
The Rochdale byelection has the Westminster press in rapture. But what the saga really shows is that politicians will rake over deprived towns as if all they could ever be is a means to an end, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: Dating Apps Put Profit Before Love. Why Are We So Surprised?
Moya Lothian-McLean
A dating app conglomerate is being sued for prioritising profit over finding love for its users. That’s just the logical endpoint of commodifying romance, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
Report: Indian Port Workers Refuse to Handle Israeli Weapons
Polly Smythe
The massive and growing arms trade between the two countries kills innocents in Palestine and helps repression in India, trade unions say.
Report: UK Fossil Fuel Giant Sends Millions of Pounds to Company That Helps Illegal West Bank Settlements
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Ithaca Energy, one of the main operators of Rosebank, paid out hundreds of millions of pounds to a company accused of human rights abuses in Palestine.
Report: ‘No Love for Deliveroo’: Food Couriers in Massive Valentine’s Day Strike
Polly Smythe
Roses are red, violets are blue, it's time to pay up Deliveroo.
Report: The Far-Right Plot to Take Over Your Allotment
Simon Childs
Fascist party Homeland is planning to take over community groups on its path to political power. Simon Childs reports.
Red Flags: My Friendships Mean Everything to Me. Why Do I Still Long for Romantic Love?
Sophie K Rosa
Sophie K Rosa advises a reader to approach their yearning for romance with curiosity, not frustration, in this Valentine's Day instalment of Red Flags.
Report: Google’s Internal Rebellion Over Israel Goes Global
Rivkah Brown
On Tuesday, workers at Google’s London offices followed their US colleagues in protesting the company’s provision of cloud services to Israel. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Uber Boss Makes Shocking Admission Over ‘Algorithmic Wage Discrimination’
Ben Wray
Exclusive: Uber’s CEO said it would get better at paying drivers ‘based on behavioural patterns’ - a controversial policy which the company has long denied.
Analysis: Westminster is Treating Wales Like a Local Council
Moya Lothian-McLean
The Tata Steel crisis shows just how little Westminster cares about Wales, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Report: Two Tory Ex-Chancellors Met With French Far-Right Politician Eric Zemmour in London
Olly Haynes
Exclusive: Kwasi Kwarteng distanced himself from the ‘wacky, extreme, basically racist’ views of Eric Zemmour after appearing in a video with him.