Revealed: Thousands at risk from COVID-19 in ‘dangerous’ UK call centres
Labour and Lib Dems urge government to stop firms playing ‘Russian roulette’ with workers’ lives – as ‘harrowing stories’ emerge from new research
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Published in: openJusticeInnocent before proven guilty? How a 2017 policy is bringing race into the courtroom.
New research reveals that a policy that requires defendants to state their nationality in the criminal court is...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: DUP dark money man in ‘very unusual’ investment scandal
Richard Cook signed an oil deal with a firm run by a convicted Texan fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: More than 700 British firms blacklisted in Ukraine for suspicious activity
British shell companies provide high prestige with low transparency – perfect for money-laundering, popular across...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy it’s time for a democratic and organised BAME Labour voice
Black and Minority Ethnic MPs can show how a community with common cause can tackle some of the most divisive and...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionCan true justice be done remotely?
An emergency response to the pandemic has fast-tracked the digitalisation of the UK justice system. But do remote...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe owe our lives to COVID-19 key workers – how should we pay them back?
A collection of essays looks ahead to the policies that could repay that debt – but finds precious little light in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionKeir Starmer is Labour's Iain Duncan Smith
Quiet men in their party's comfort zone on Europe don't have a habit of winning.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionFrom the Blitz to COVID-19, our rulers have got us wrong
They didn't want to let people shelter in the Underground, for fear they'd never return to work. They don't want to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionConservative governments have undermined health and safety for decades
The party has pushed anti-health and safety narratives and watered down regulations, leaving us unprepared for a pandemic.
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Published in: HomeWe need urgent answers about the massive NHS COVID data deal
Why is the UK government refusing to release details of its ‘unprecedented’ data transfer to US tech giants? If we...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKQuiz: How well do you know the current UK lockdown rules?
The government plans to announce changes to the lockdown rules on Sunday. But how clearly have they explained the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion"There's rules that apply to them, and there's rules that apply to you"
The Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in the UK has been hit hard by the crisis. #HumansofCOVID19
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe COVID-19 domestic violence crisis in the UK is a decade in the making
Domestic violence under coronavirus is a hot topic, but we mustn't forget how we got here. Politicians ripped our...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion“A disaster waiting to happen” - Traveller communities buckling from the impact of the pandemic
The UK's Gypsy and Traveller communities are being devastated by the pandemic.
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Published in: openEconomy: OpinionDon’t buy the lockdown lie – this is a government of business as usual
In England there is no new legislation to protect workers' safety, and remarkably little to enforce workplace...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionPride: why the UK spent billions on nuclear bombs but ignored pandemic threat
A viral outbreak was judged more likely than a nuclear attack – so why was Trident ring-fenced while NHS funding was cut?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationUK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deaths
Revealed: Hancock’s £60,000 scheme for bereaved families will accept ‘no liability’ for deaths – as lawyers warn...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?No alternative to sustainable agriculture: how community-supported farms show the way to food security in an uncertain world
“It's easy for many people to run with the idea that we don't need neighbours. The cynicism in some people is the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe corona crisis has made us value migrants: here’s how to build on that
Most people want to offer British citizenship to frontline migrant workers. It’s a sign that fairness is what they...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExclusive: Most support UK citizenship for migrant frontline workers
Most people in Great Britain think migrants working as healthcare and care workers, supermarket, farm and delivery...