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Report: Monaco-Based Investment Firm Evicts Squatted Homeless Shelter

Sophie K Rosa

Squatters who turned an abandoned south London building into a homeless shelter have been booted out by Picasso Investments Corporation, which is registered in a tax haven.

Workers protest outside Harrods. Photo: Unite

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

The Qatar-owned luxury department store pays its boss £2.3million, but offered security guards a 'pay cut dressed up as a rise'.

Image shows Britain's King Charles III wearing a suit and leaning on a stick.

Opinion: Are The Royals ‘Anti-Racist’ Now?

Moya Lothian-McLean

A recent incident at the palace has seen the royal household make a rare admission of racism in its ranks. But individual efforts will never make up for what the institution of monarchy embodies, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.

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Feature: Radical Farming is Going Mainstream—And Losing Its Edge

Maozya Murray

Imported from Latin America, agroecology aims to make farming sustainable. But government adoption of the policy is bringing the term into conflict with grassroots environmental groups.

Andy Haldane, chief executive of the RSA and former chief economist of the Bank of England. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Report: RSA Staff Win Union Recognition Despite ‘Intimidation’

Simon Childs

The Royal Society of Arts rejected its staff’s request to recognise a trade union three times, but now they have to.

Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Two-thirds of Britons fear climate breakdown. They also want to make it harder for activists to do something about it. Ell Folan unpicks some contradictory opinions.

Viktor Orbán. Design: Tom A-O (Novara Media). Photograph: OECD (Flickr).

Report: Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister Loves Football Almost As Much As He Loves Power

Alex Stewart

Viktor Orbán wants to be remembered as the man who rejuvenated Hungarian football, but has used the game to consolidate his power base. Alex Stewart reports.

Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs

Non-profits often expect workers to accept poor pay and conditions in the interest of furthering the organisation’s ‘mission’. But across the sector, staff are no longer putting up with it. Chris Saltmarsh reports.

Image shows a sign in St James's Park warns of avian influenza as another outbreak hits the UK.

Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat

Jack McGovan

The UK’s biggest outbreak of bird flu highlights the government’s willingness to protect the animal agricultural industry at all costs, even while the evidence points to one solution.

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.

Workers on a construction site. Design: Pietro Garrone (Novara Media). Photograph: the apostrophe (Flickr)

Report: How a Trade Union Leader Became Qatar’s Biggest Fan

Polly Smythe

The International Trade Union Congress is one of Qatar's most strident defenders, despite ongoing concerns about workers' rights in the Gulf state. Polly Smythe reports.

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Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour

Simon Childs

After a week of courting the Times, the Sun and the Spectator, a source told Novara Media the Labour leader posed for photos at the offices of the Telegraph.

Opinion: Insisting Jews Don’t Count Helps Nobody

Rivkah Brown

By demanding solidarity without offering it, David Baddiel isolates Jews from our natural allies, writes Rivkah Brown.

Cllr Andy Weatherhead at a rally outside the Greek Embassy in 2013 (left) and campaigning for the Conservative party (right). Photo: Hope Not Hate

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Andy Weatherhead claimed he was associated with a fascist group ‘in the spirit of education and curiosity’, but in a recording he said, ‘I've always been an admirer of Benito Mussolini and Sir Oswald Mosley’.

Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn win Islington North in 2019

Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?

Ell Folan

Labour has suggested it will never reinstate Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling rumours he could stand as an independent or even run to be mayor of London. But would he succeed without his party? Ell Folan assesses his chances.

A worker talks on a stand during the launch of Adopting Bitcoin – A Lightning Summit in El Salvador, in San Salvador, El Salvador November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Interview: Crypto Was Meant To Be Radical, But It’s Been Taken Over By Wall Street

Moya Lothian-McLean

Decentralised currencies were intended to circumvent traditional financial markets – instead they’re mirroring them. Why?

Image shows a Greater Manchester Police officer wearing a yellow hi-vis police jacket and black cap standing on a rainy street, with their head bowed.

Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?

Larry Lock

Families bereaved at the hands of the police are forced to turn to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. But justice is hard to come by when the watchdog is only out to protect its own.

05/05/2022. London, United Kingdom.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts the Prime Minister's Business Council with The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and The Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

Rishi Sunak’s overtures about ‘levelling up’ the ‘left behinds’ obscures who really needs help.

Report: Monaco-Based Investment Firm Evicts Squatted Homeless Shelter

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

Opinion: Are The Royals ‘Anti-Racist’ Now?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Feature: Radical Farming is Going Mainstream—And Losing Its Edge

Maozya Murray

Report: RSA Staff Win Union Recognition Despite ‘Intimidation’

Simon Childs

Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Report: Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister Loves Football Almost As Much As He Loves Power

Alex Stewart

Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs

Chris Saltmarsh

Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat

Jack McGovan

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Report: How a Trade Union Leader Became Qatar’s Biggest Fan

Polly Smythe

Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour

Simon Childs

Opinion: Insisting Jews Don’t Count Helps Nobody

Rivkah Brown

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?

Ell Folan

Interview: Crypto Was Meant To Be Radical, But It’s Been Taken Over By Wall Street

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?

Larry Lock

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

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Report: Monaco-Based Investment Firm Evicts Squatted Homeless Shelter

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law

Simon Childs

Opinion: Are The Royals ‘Anti-Racist’ Now?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Feature: Radical Farming is Going Mainstream—And Losing Its Edge

Maozya Murray

Report: RSA Staff Win Union Recognition Despite ‘Intimidation’

Simon Childs

Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Report: Hungary’s Far-Right Prime Minister Loves Football Almost As Much As He Loves Power

Alex Stewart

Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs

Chris Saltmarsh

Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat

Jack McGovan

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Report: How a Trade Union Leader Became Qatar’s Biggest Fan

Polly Smythe

Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour

Simon Childs

Opinion: Insisting Jews Don’t Count Helps Nobody

Rivkah Brown

Report: Tory Councillor Steps Down As Recording Reveals He Was ‘Admirer’ of Fascism

Simon Childs

Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?

Ell Folan

Interview: Crypto Was Meant To Be Radical, But It’s Been Taken Over By Wall Street

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?

Larry Lock

Analysis: Wow! The Tories Are Planning to ‘Level Up’ Britain Again

James Morrison

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