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Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

by Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

On 23 September, climate activist Elliott Cuciurean was sentenced to 268 days in prison. He hadn't committed any crime, but instead had breached HS2's injunction. Denise Laura Baker and Josie Argyle report on the privatisation of protest policing.

Live: Boris Johnson Betrays the North

Boris Johnson's broken promises on high speed rail have led to accusations that he has betrayed the North. We ask HS2 expert Jon Stone about whether that's true.

Opinion: A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

by Zakaria Odeh

Companies abetting human rights abuses shouldn't be rewarded with lucrative government contracts - they must be boycotted until they end complicity with apartheid, writes Palestinian organiser Zakaria Odeh.

Profits For Investors: The Political Economy of PFI

by Grace Blakeley

Following the collapse of Carillion, it would be easy to say private finance intiatives (PFIs) simply don't work. But governments from Major to Blair to May have pursued the PFI agenda despite its terrible record - so who does it work for?