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François Perrodo, chairman of Perenco enjoying racing cars in Bahrain in 2021. Germain Hazard

Report: Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill

Andrew Kersley

Oil firm Perenco had 237 outstanding safety critical notices from regulators months before it leaked 200 barrels of oil into an environmentally protected zone.

A man in a high vis yellow jacket and a black baseball cap, with a grey short beard, holds a sign on which is painted in graffiti-style font 'stop ulez'

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

57% of Londoners support the supposedly controversial scheme, writes Ell Folan.

What lecturers look like when they're actually on strike. WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto

Report: University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery

Andrew Kersley

SOAS has been accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after deducting pay for lecturers over a strike that they didn’t actually take part in.

Palestinian ambulances are surrounded by tear gas

Report: Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics

Daisy Schofield

Amid the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank, paramedics tell Novara Media Israeli soldiers are driving them away from casualties with sniper fire, targeting ambulances with live ammunition and confiscating their bulletproof vests.

Keir Starmer arrives at his London home.

Opinion: Why Does Every Politician Need a Sob Story?

Aaron Bastani

If ‘progressive’ centrist politicians really want to strike a chord, they need a compelling story for the country, writes Aaron Bastani, not just more hard luck stories about themselves.

Rachel Keke speaks in the National Assembly during a debate on the pension reform bill in February. Amaury Cornu / Hans Lucas

Feature: Meet the French MP Who Went From Cleaning Hotel Rooms to Taking on the Country’s Political Elite

Olly Haynes

Speaking to Novara Media, Rachel Keke slams France’s ‘seriously disconnected’ centrist politicians.

A Greater Manchester Police officer and police van. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans

Moya Lothian-McLean

Greater Manchester Police abandoned plans to ban people from a local Caribbean carnival after Novara Media revealed that Black people were eight times more likely to be targeted.

A group of protesters gathered on the grass outside a hotel

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

A series of asylum-seeker-led protests this year has drawn attention to deteriorating conditions in the overcrowded, poor-quality accommodation refugees are forced to live in.

St Mungo’s workers on strike. @SMUnite on Twitter

Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

Polly Smythe

Employers are no longer allowed to use agency workers to undermine strikes, so St Mungo’s have simply given strike-breaking agency workers short-term contracts.

Review: The New ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ Doesn’t Just Preach to the Converted

Juliet Jacques

By transposing the Italian play to London in the 2020s, Daniel Raggett’s new production is a memorable piece of consciousness-raising, argues Juliet Jacques.

group of students learning in a classroom

Feature: School Exclusions Are Ruining Poor, Black and Disabled Students’ Lives

Daisy Schofield

Pupil suspensions are now at a six-year high, with local councils reportedly asking pupil referral units to take more excluded children than they have space for.

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.

Report: Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

Clare Hymer

Activists have destroyed the tyres of around 60 SUVs at a Jaguar dealership in Exeter after a Land Rover crashed into an outdoor tea party, leaving two children dead.

Report: ‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower

Ella Jessel

Social tenants were ‘decanted’ from the iconic east London tower block so their flats could be sold for profit. Now nobody wants to buy them.

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

New data shows trust in the BBC has plunged dramatically amongst both left and rightwingers. Ell Folan explains.

Opinion: Labour or the SNP? It’s Not Much of a Choice for Working Class Scots

Jonathon Shafi

Scotland deserves better than a rightwing Labour party committed to a two-child benefit cap or a neoliberal SNP without a real independence strategy, argues Jonathon Shafi.

Tony Blair and Keir Starmer look unhappy

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Position on Austerity Is Almost Identical to the Tories’

Aaron Bastani

With his 'tough' position on public spending Keir Starmer is being far more dishonest than Liz Truss - and far more outlandish than Jeremy Corbyn.

Explorer Robert Swan on a south pole expedition with a Shell-branded flask

Analysis: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Paying Influencers to Do Their PR

Sam Bright

In a leaked document, BP lamented being seen as ‘one of the bad guys’ and said it would pay influencers to help rebrand the oil company as more ‘relatable, passionate and authentic’.

Report: Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill

Andrew Kersley

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

Report: University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery

Andrew Kersley

Report: Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics

Daisy Schofield

Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

Polly Smythe

Review: The New ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ Doesn’t Just Preach to the Converted

Juliet Jacques

Feature: School Exclusions Are Ruining Poor, Black and Disabled Students’ Lives

Daisy Schofield

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

Report: Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

Clare Hymer

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

Opinion: Labour or the SNP? It’s Not Much of a Choice for Working Class Scots

Jonathon Shafi

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Report: Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill

Andrew Kersley

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

Report: University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery

Andrew Kersley

Report: Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics

Daisy Schofield

Opinion: Why Does Every Politician Need a Sob Story?

Aaron Bastani

Feature: Meet the French MP Who Went From Cleaning Hotel Rooms to Taking on the Country’s Political Elite

Olly Haynes

Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

Polly Smythe

Review: The New ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ Doesn’t Just Preach to the Converted

Juliet Jacques

Feature: School Exclusions Are Ruining Poor, Black and Disabled Students’ Lives

Daisy Schofield

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

Report: Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

Clare Hymer

Report: ‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower

Ella Jessel

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

Opinion: Labour or the SNP? It’s Not Much of a Choice for Working Class Scots

Jonathon Shafi

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Position on Austerity Is Almost Identical to the Tories’

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Paying Influencers to Do Their PR

Sam Bright

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