Report: Drax Is Getting More Sneaky With Its Labour Conference Lobbying
Simon Childs
The massive wood-burning power plant won’t hold any greenwashing events this year - but a network of industry bodies will be pushing its policies.
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Opinion: On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up
Dan Davison & Ewa Pospieszyńska
Rather than challenge far-right xenophobia head-on, the Polish left is swerving it, while advising voters to skip the upcoming immigration referendums. This spineless avoidance serves nobody, write Ewa Pospieszyńska and Dan Davison.
Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds
Charlie Hertzog Young
Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.
Opinion: The Biggest Gang in Britain: How Police Solidarity Facilitates Violence and Abuse
Maya Oppenheim
Violence and abuse in the police force are facilitated by the insular and clannish nature of policing, writes Maya Oppenheim. We must push for greater accountability, not let cops demand less.
Report: Free Travel Is Being Used to Make Outsourced Transport Staff Work Harder
Polly Smythe
The measure which was supposed to ‘ease the pressure’ on low paid workers is actually making their lives harder.
Opinion: Are Actual Leftwing Parties About to Give Labour a Run for Its Money?
Michael Chessum
Until recently, electoral alternatives to Labour seemed doomed, writes Michael Chessum. But with a host of political parties and independent candidates sweeping up the leftists Starmer has alienated, could this finally be changing?
Opinion: How Keir Starmer Paved the Way for the Tories’ Protest Crackdown
Nadine El-Enany
Alfie Meadows needed brain surgery after being struck by a police officer during the 2010 student protests. They then tried to criminalise him. The man responsible for public prosecutions at the time? Keir Starmer.
Analysis: The Public Wants to Save the Planet – As Long As It Doesn’t Personally Inconvenience Them
Ell Folan
The backlash to Just Stop Oil has exposed Britons’ contradictory attitude to the climate crisis, writes Ell Folan: sure, it’s a problem, just not ours.
Red Flags: My Friend Thinks I Want to Steal Her Baby
Sophie K Rosa
In the first instalment of Novara Media's new advice column, Red Flags, Sophie K Rosa advises the frustrated friend of a new mother.
Analysis: Laugh at Liz Truss, But Tory Radicals Are Playing the Long Game
James Meadway
Free market ideologues are already laying the groundwork for a return to power, argues James Meadway.
Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers
Sophie K Rosa
Unaccompanied children are being made to share bedrooms with adult strangers while waiting for the Home Office to decide about their asylum claims. Sophie K Rosa reports
Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government
Polly Smythe
This year’s Trades Union Congress took place in anticipation of the end of Tory rule. Novara Media's labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe sends a dispatch from Liverpool.
Report: Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database
Hajar Meddah
Banning orders and a ‘rogue landlord database’ are among an arsenal of enforcement tools technically available to local authorities. But they’re abysmally underused, while slum landlords run rampant. Hajar Meddah reports.
Opinion: Finnish Trains Are What the UK Could Have If It Gave a Shit
Rivkah Brown
A playground carriage, an entire pub, cheap tickets – Nordic trains are an advert for nationalisation, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Mick Lynch Asks Unions to Step Up to Defy Anti-Strike Legislation
Polly Smythe
The TUC has voted not to comply with minimum service levels, but how far unions will go remains to be seen. Polly Smythe reports from TUC congress.
Report: Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn
Rivkah Brown
In an interview with Novara Media, the ex-Tory MP says “it’s mad” that Corbyn was suspended, saying the “controlling” Starmer “lacks confidence”. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: After Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP’s Lack of Political Vision Is Total
Jonathon Shafi
Humza Yousaf just missed a big chance to carve out a distinctive political identity and caved to the corporate lobby, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: British Comment Journalism is in the Gutter – Signed, a Comment Journalist
Moya Lothian-McLean
Revelations in the wake of Notting Hill carnival that the Daily Mail ghostwrites some of its guest columns is only the latest stain on a degraded medium, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.