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Labour’s run to the right is pushing Scotland towards independence

OPINION: As nurses strike in the rest of the UK, Scotland has reached a deal. That has implications beyond the NHS

I’ve been an NHS nurse for 15 years. Here’s why I’m going on strike

OPINION: As nurses strike, the Tories must start paying them fairly to save the NHS from collapse

How industrial action could make the UK more democratic

OPINION: The RMT, postal workers and nurses are preparing to strike. It's good news for anyone interested in social mobility

Can the COP15 biodiversity summit help the wider global climate emergency?

OPINION: The biodiversity summit in Montreal should be viewed in the global context of climate breakdown

Hunt’s financial reforms could win an election – and crash the UK economy

The chancellor has put the economy on the line to appeal to Brexiteers, hedge fund managers and City oligarchs

I sit in the House of Lords. That’s how I know it needs to go

NATALIE BENNETT: I’ve seen first-hand how our unelected upper chamber stops us tackling the government’s bad laws

Labour knows our democracy is broken. So why are its ‘reforms’ so weak?

OPINION: Gordon Brown is on the money with his diagnosis of the problem. But his solutions aren’t nearly enough