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Michael Gove at the 2024 Conservative party conference. Photo: MI News via Reuters Connect

Report: Revealed: Michael Gove Threw Money at a Broke Council to Crush Climate Protest

Joe Sandler Clarke

As an Essex council cut a poverty hardship fund and cancelled a new medical centre, Michael Gove gave it money to pursue an injunction against climate protesters. Joe Sandler Clarke reports.

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Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Michael Gove signed off on paying inspectors more than £1,000 a day to make sure Tower Hamlets council was spending money well. Ironically, their enquiry is now more than £130,000 over budget, Novara Media can reveal.

Novara FM: It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)

James Butler paints a picture of Britain at a historic crossroads, waving fuckity bye to the Tories and bracing for Starmerism.

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Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

The National Conservatism Conference hit the UK with a splash – and a load of far-right talking points. It’s a movement we shouldn't underestimate, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Home secretary Suella Braverman, a speaker at the National Conservatism 2023 conference. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Novara Media was denied accreditation to a conference where cranks are talking about the future of conservatism due to “limited space”.

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Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman

Rivkah Brown

Last weekend a man died after a fire broke out in his council-run slum. Under Michael Gove’s new plans, he could be blamed for his own death, writes Rivkah Brown.

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.

Novara Live: Israel Kills Journalist in Palestine, Charles Opens Parliament, Gove Loses the Plot

Israeli forces have shot dead Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian journalist. We explain the significance of the killing, and speak to someone one of her friends.

Opinion: The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain

Zarah Sultana

Since its release, the Trojan Horse Affair podcast has been met with near silence by the British media. This isn’t a surprise, writes Zarah Sultana: Islamophobia shaped the media’s response to the hoax letter in 2014 and Islamophobia explains its disregard for the podcast’s revelations in 2022.

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Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It

Rob Faure Walker

The state-sanctioned Islamophobia exposed by Brian Reed and Hamza Syed lives on in Prevent, writes Rob Faure Walker. It's time to end this disastrous strategy.

Boris Johnson alights a double decker bus in London

Opinion: A Few New Bus Lanes Won’t ‘Level Up’ the UK – But Upping the Minimum Wage Might

Ell Folan

Michael Gove’s levelling up white paper makes a mockery of our country’s enormous regional inequalities, argues Ell Folan.

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Opinion: Why Should Homeowners’ Safety Trump Everyone Else’s?

Rivkah Brown

Michael Gove is protecting “innocent leaseholders” from flammable cladding – but he’s happy for the rest of us to burn, writes Rivkah Brown.

Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

The Tories' recent proposal for a new era of 'community-powered Conservativism' is an audacious, though ultimately hollow, bid to park tanks on the left's lawn.

Novara Live: Why Sajid Javid Is a Danger to the NHS

Sajid Javid has replaced Matt Hancock as health secretary, is a lockdown sceptic and a banker at JP Morgan. Should Britons trust their health in his hands?

Novara Live: Johnson’s Lockdown U-Turn

The Tories have been trashing the idea of a second English lockdown for weeks. They’ve finally implemented one in. But is it a month too late? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

In the UK, evidence suggests white people are more likely to take drugs than other ethnic groups. So why are people of colour getting searched more often?

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

Schools are set to reopen tomorrow, with the government arguing we must make sure “the poorest and most disadvantaged pupils don’t fall behind”. Chloe Tomlinson suggests ministers are employing a familiar strategy: crying ‘think of the children’ in order to get their own way.

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Report: Revealed: Michael Gove Threw Money at a Broke Council to Crush Climate Protest

Joe Sandler Clarke

Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Novara FM: It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)

Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman

Rivkah Brown

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

James Morrison

Novara Live: Israel Kills Journalist in Palestine, Charles Opens Parliament, Gove Loses the Plot

Opinion: The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain

Zarah Sultana

Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It

Rob Faure Walker

Opinion: A Few New Bus Lanes Won’t ‘Level Up’ the UK – But Upping the Minimum Wage Might

Ell Folan

Opinion: Why Should Homeowners’ Safety Trump Everyone Else’s?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

Novara Live: Why Sajid Javid Is a Danger to the NHS

Novara Live: Johnson’s Lockdown U-Turn

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

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Report: Revealed: Michael Gove Threw Money at a Broke Council to Crush Climate Protest

Joe Sandler Clarke

Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Novara FM: It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)

Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman

Rivkah Brown

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

James Morrison

Novara Live: Israel Kills Journalist in Palestine, Charles Opens Parliament, Gove Loses the Plot

Opinion: The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain

Zarah Sultana

Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It

Rob Faure Walker

Opinion: A Few New Bus Lanes Won’t ‘Level Up’ the UK – But Upping the Minimum Wage Might

Ell Folan

Opinion: Why Should Homeowners’ Safety Trump Everyone Else’s?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

Novara Live: Why Sajid Javid Is a Danger to the NHS

Novara Live: Johnson’s Lockdown U-Turn

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies

Chloe Tomlinson

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