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A small overcrowded dinghy in the English Channel, silhouetted against a grey dawn, with UK Border Force vessels nearby.

£100 million more to stop small boats – but where’s the plan to stop the need for it?

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£100 million more to stop small boats – but where’s the plan to stop the need for it?

Asylum, Channel migrants, People smuggling, Refugees

£100 million more to stop small boats – but where’s the plan to stop the need for it?

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-04T12:25:11+00:00August 4, 2025|

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Sir Stephen Timms: disabled people in Wales don't trust him or have faith in his review of PIP benefit eligibility.

Letter: No confidence in the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments

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Letter: No confidence in the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments

Benefits, Cut, Disability

Letter: No confidence in the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-04T12:24:20+00:00August 4, 2025|

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Margaret Thatcher smiling beside the 1,000th sold London council home in 1979, symbolizing the start of the right to buy policy

Right to Buy, wrong turn: Thatcher’s £200 billion housing disaster needs radical remedy

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Right to Buy, wrong turn: Thatcher’s £200 billion housing disaster needs radical remedy

Housing, Right to buy

Right to Buy, wrong turn: Thatcher’s £200 billion housing disaster needs radical remedy

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-04T11:07:37+00:00August 3, 2025|

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David Williams leaving a government building amid scrutiny over the MoD’s Afghan data breach.

Scapegoated for optics: the injustice behind the MoD’s leadership shake-up

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Scapegoated for optics: the injustice behind the MoD’s leadership shake-up

Afghanistan, Data breach, Scapegoating

Scapegoated for optics: the injustice behind the MoD’s leadership shake-up

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-03T21:52:12+00:00August 3, 2025|

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A set of mismatched puzzle pieces being forcibly jammed together by a pair of polished, suit-wearing hands (representing government or DWP). Off to the side, disabled hands hold correct-fitting puzzle pieces but are ignored.

The Timms Review won’t save you: the real threat behind PIP reform

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The Timms Review won’t save you: the real threat behind PIP reform

Benefits, Cut, Disability

The Timms Review won’t save you: the real threat behind PIP reform

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-03T21:50:53+00:00August 2, 2025|

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A politician with an aggressive posture addressing an angry crowd, pointing emphatically. The crowd looks agitated and emotional, with fists raised.

The UK’s laws are failing to stop the rise in hate speech – and people are paying the price

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The UK’s laws are failing to stop the rise in hate speech – and people are paying the price

The UK’s laws are failing to stop the rise in hate speech – and people are paying the price

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-03T21:50:06+00:00August 2, 2025|

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Tulip Siddiq

Tulip Siddiq’s trial in Bangladesh – justice, or more political persecution?

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Tulip Siddiq’s trial in Bangladesh – justice, or more political persecution?

Corruption, Justice, Media

Tulip Siddiq’s trial in Bangladesh – justice, or more political persecution?

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-02T13:04:06+00:00August 2, 2025|

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper at a police demonstration with visible knife detection equipment and patrol officers

Labour claims knife crime success—but is the evidence as sharp as it looks?

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Labour claims knife crime success—but is the evidence as sharp as it looks?

Labour claims knife crime success—but is the evidence as sharp as it looks?

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-01T16:42:55+00:00August 1, 2025|

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A Palestinian flag entangled or tied up in a printed copy of the Montevideo Convention, symbolising how international law is being used to block recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Denying Palestine statehood is a legal excuse for political inaction

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Denying Palestine statehood is a legal excuse for political inaction

Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Statehood

Denying Palestine statehood is a legal excuse for political inaction

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-01T10:58:01+00:00August 1, 2025|

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New homes under construction on a housing estate, with scaffolding and incomplete roofs—symbolising rushed development

Labour’s housebuilding chaos: rushing to fall behind?

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Labour’s housebuilding chaos: rushing to fall behind?

Housing, Stupidity

Labour’s housebuilding chaos: rushing to fall behind?

By Mike Sivier|2025-08-01T09:01:05+00:00August 1, 2025|

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