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Sarah Bates argues that Tory boasting about reducing the deficit does not tell the real human cost behind austerity
The chief inspector of prisons has forced ministers into taking Birmingham jail back under state control.
Every week politicians find new ways to wage war on migrants. And they are openly using language designed to encourage racism and violence.
What makes a young person pick up a knife or a gun and attack another?
The latest plans to hike rail fares show why we have to stop the private train companies in their tracks.
Jeremy Corbyn has never and will never receive fair treatment from the media.
The Labour Party has extended the hand of friendship to Israel for a century
The plunge in the value of the Turkish currency is a sign of escalating tension with the US. But it may also indicate a coming economic storm that could hit many more countries and wreck millions of lives.
The official Vote Leave campaign fell foul of spending rules. But focusing on it ignores why people voted out
An international group of scientists has said we face environmental collapse in just a few decades if there isn’t drastic action on climate change.
Boris Johnson once again confirmed his racist credentials this week.
A year ago Liam Fox declared that striking a deal with the European Union (EU) would be “one of the easiest in human history”. This week the disgraced Tory minister was left with his tail between his legs.
Failing to stand up for the right to criticise Israel has consequences. If we shy away from it now, the right will make it much harder for us to do it in the future.
Last week the developing trade war between the three main economic blocs—the United States, the European Union (EU), and China—seemed to relent.
A damning new report in the wake of the Oxfam sexual abuse scandal in Haiti shows how international aid is shaped by Western imperialism
Poverty shapes every aspect of our lives—as a BBC documentary highlighted this week.
It’s welcome that the consequences of climate change have eventually been recognised. But it’s an insult that it takes a British heatwave for that to happen
NHS workers are handing back medals they won for fighting the Ebola crisis in west Africa.
In what she probably regards as a great achievement, Theresa May has made it through to parliament’s summer break.
If you want to make sense of the row about Jeremy Corbyn and antisemitism you have above all to understand that it has nothing to do with antisemitism.