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‘We just got left’: How children of prisoners are abandoned by the state

‘We just got left’: How children of prisoners are abandoned by the state

The government has no statutory duty to identify or support children whose parents are in prison. Why not?
Cherry Casey 19 May 2023
Assault rifles, wind farms, immigration and hormones: Inside NatCon

Assault rifles, wind farms, immigration and hormones: Inside NatCon

Despite organisers’ best efforts, openDemocracy still got a reporter into the National Conservatism conference
Seth Thévoz 16 May 2023
Management consultants raking in £3,000 a day from NHS

Management consultants raking in £3,000 a day from NHS

Campaigners question why huge sums are being handed to multi-billion pound companies over local health experts
Adam Bychawski 03 May 2023
I’m a newly qualified nurse. Here’s why I rejected the insulting 5% pay offer

I’m a newly qualified nurse. Here’s why I rejected the insulting 5% pay offer

OPINION: After tax, National Insurance, pension payments and student loan repayments, I’d have got £15 extra a week
Anonymous . 14 Apr 2023
Revealed: 300 reasons why US ‘spy-tech’ firm Palantir processes NHS data

Revealed: 300 reasons why US ‘spy-tech’ firm Palantir processes NHS data

Records in the NHS Covid-19 datastore have also been shared with private sector consultancy companies
Lucas Amin 14 Apr 2023
NHS paid private firms £500m to ‘ease backlog’. Fewer patients got seen

NHS paid private firms £500m to ‘ease backlog’. Fewer patients got seen

The health service saw 6.6% fewer people in 2022 than 2019, despite lucrative contracts to fix wait lists
Adam Bychawski 12 Apr 2023
We expect Tories to re-hash failed anti-social behaviour laws. Why is Labour?

We expect Tories to re-hash failed anti-social behaviour laws. Why is Labour?

OPINION: Labour should push for a fairer, freer society, not call for more police just days after the Casey report
Maurice Mcleod 30 Mar 2023

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