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The BlackRock letters: inside Labour's 'close partnership'
Jonathan Reynolds told the investment bank that he looked forward to working together to “change the face of our United ...
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I’m disabled. Here’s why I am scared of the assisted dying bill
The bill puts us at risk of coercion by family members, and doctors wrongly predicting that we are going to die ...
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Sex workers need the police to do better, not more
We know policing often harms sex workers. We need to talk about what it would take to change tack Policing often harms sex ...
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Smuggling is back out in the open in Niger. What’s the impact on migrants?
After an anti-smuggling law was repealed, much of smuggling was decriminalised – research suggests migrants are safer ...
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Dark Arts Dispatch: Westminster’s revolving door just keeps spinning
This is the latest article in our new regular series, the Dark Arts Dispatch, which shines a light on the world of corporate ...
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Why it’s time for the UK to introduce a new law to allow assisted dying
In the UK, we pride ourselves on our shared values of compassion, dignity, and respect for individual choice. Yet, our laws ...
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Merry Cross
Merry was born with an extremely rare mobility impairment, but thanks to positive parenting has had a good life and many jobs. She trained as a teacher and educational psychologist, so her work ...
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Jyoti Belur
Democracy is an independent international media platform covering current affairs, ideas and culture. We seek to challenge power and encourage democratic debate ...
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Migrants’ rights workers forced out of Tunisia in latest crackdown
Civil society organisations and activists protest against EU externalisation policies at the EU mission headquarters in Tunisia in May 2024 Until the beginning of this year, Tunisia was a ...