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Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK is rushing to return asylum seekers to the EU before Brexit makes it harder to do so. Data obtained by Novara Media shows the UK made up to 154% more transfer requests to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Denmark this year, an uptick lawyers say has resulted in a catalogue of harmful and unlawful failings. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: We Must Not Let the Government Blame Students for a Second Wave

Dana Mills

It isn't safe for students to return to university campuses, and letting them do so gives the government somebody else to blame if Covid cases rise again. Dana Mills argues that lecturers must heed the call of unions and learn from the example of the United States, and insist that teaching happens online.

Opinion: The Worst Recession on Record. The Highest Death Toll in Europe. Make No Mistake – the Government Led Us Here

James Meadway

The UK has entered its worst recession since records began and has the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe. The government has led us here, writes James Meadway, and shows no sign of realising the scale of the crisis we're facing.

Novara Live: Accused, Convicted, Protected?

Over the last five days a former Tory MP has been convicted of sexual assault, an unnamed ex-Tory Minister has been arrested, and Prince Andrew faces a wave of new allegations of his involvement in sexual abuse. All the men involved have one thing in common. They have been protected by our establishment. Plus, we speak […]

Novara Live: Hands, Face, Space… SPIKE?

A coronavirus spike means a tightening of Britain’s lockdown and a Tory MP blames ethnic minorities. Plus, Evgeny Lebdev, Claire Fox, John Woodcock and Boris Johnson’s brother get seats in the House of Lords. And Jane Heybroek’s legal battle with Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rachel Riley.

Opinion: Rishi Sunak Isn’t Interested in Helping Young People – Free Labour Is Good for Business

Ellen Clifford

The chancellor's plan to invest billions in 'creating jobs for young people' sounds sensible amid the sharpest ever rise in unemployment. But anti-welfare reform campaigners recognise his proposals for what they are, writes Ellen Clifford: an expansion of workfare, designed to benefit businesses at the expense of workers.

Opinion: Sunak is Making up His Own Rules to Give Bosses a Handout – the Left Needs a Smart Response

James Meadway

The chancellor overruled his own officials to drive through his Job Retention Scheme Bonus despite significant financial, political and social risks. But challenging the government's 'corporate welfare' agenda in favour of workers' welfare will require a new stategy, argues James Meadway.

Opinion: Coronavirus Has Had a Devastating Impact on Mental Health, but It Didn’t Have to Be This Way

Harriet Williamson

Coronavirus was always going to be difficult for people with mental health conditions, but political decisions rooted in Tory ideology have made things much worse, writes Harriet Williamson.

Opinion: I Work in a Restaurant. I Didn’t Choose to Go Back on ‘Super Saturday’ – I Had To

Billie Walker

Many hospitality workers have survived lockdown on as little as 55% of their usual take-home pay. Bar and restaurant staff didn't go back to work at the weekend because they felt safe, writes hospitality worker Billie Walker, they went back because of the immense financial pressure to do so.

Novara Live: White Riot

Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani discuss the far-right’s commitment to restoring law and order by punching cops. Plus Shon Faye on why Britain’s political class are so keen to make the lives of transgender people miserable.

Novara Live: Incompetence UNMASKED

The Tories have announced masks will now be mandatory on public transport. What took so long? Plus, Howard Beckett on British Airways vs Unite, Labour’s shift on welfare, and Juliet Jacques on the media’s coverage of trans rights.

Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up

Grace Blakeley

For a long time British voters have felt as though inequality is too high, but rightwingers have had a standard reply to the general public: you’re wrong. In fact, it was the figures that were wrong and peoples’ instincts that were right, writes Grace Blakeley.

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.

Novara Live: RULE BREAKER

No new information. No apology. Dominic Cummings has made it clear it’s one rule for him and another for the rest of us.

Forensics: Dominic Cummings PROVES We Have a Rotten Establishment

Dominic Cummings broke a lockdown he helped implement. Those defending his actions prove our establishment is rotten to the core.

Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose

Nye Jones

Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.

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Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: We Must Not Let the Government Blame Students for a Second Wave

Dana Mills

Opinion: The Worst Recession on Record. The Highest Death Toll in Europe. Make No Mistake – the Government Led Us Here

James Meadway

Novara Live: Accused, Convicted, Protected?