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22/07/2025

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18/07/2025

With inequality rife in the UK, there are three main policy areas that a new left-wing party should focus on

18/07/2025

Eroding freedom of expression, the rule of law, and the free press are all part of Buhari’s legacy

18/07/2025

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17/07/2025

🔴 BREAKING: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying

The findings of our extensive investigation into Varun Chandra has prompted the lobbying watchdog to launch an investigation into his former firm, Hakluyt & Company.

Find out more here:
https://bit.ly/4lDa9QX

17/07/2025

openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation

17/07/2025

A tech start-up that wants to “end r*pe” at UK universities addressed a far-right rally praised by Tommy Robinson, where other speakers called for “re-migration”, openDemocracy can reveal.⁠
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Enough’s ambassadors last month took to the stage at the Together for the Children rally, which was organised by figures linked to the far-right Democratic Football Lads Alliance in protest at authorities’ handling of the grooming gangs scandal.⁠
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17/07/2025

A tech start-up that wants to “end r*pe” at UK universities addressed a far-right rally praised by Tommy Robinson, where other speakers called for “re-migration”, openDemocracy can reveal.

Enough’s ambassadors last month took to the stage at the Together for the Children rally, which was organised by figures linked to the far-right Democratic Football Lads Alliance in protest at authorities’ handling of the grooming gangs scandal.

Find out more 👇
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-end-rape-bristol-far-right-rally-tommy-robinson-democratic-football-lads-alliance/

17/07/2025

The finance industry could hardly have written a speech more suited to its own interests than the one Rachel Reeves gave in Leeds.⁠
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That’s partly because many of the reforms she announced closely mirror proposals developed inside the industry itself. On LinkedIn, banking insiders are already celebrating.⁠
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What does this mean for the rest of us?⁠
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Read the full analysis at the link in bio⁠
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17/07/2025

The finance industry could hardly have written a speech more suited to its own interests than the one Rachel Reeves gave in Leeds.

That’s partly because many of the reforms she announced closely mirror proposals developed inside the industry itself. On LinkedIn, banking insiders are already celebrating.

What does this mean for the rest of us?

Read the full analysis here
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-labour-finance-private-equity-takeover/

17/07/2025

A new photography exhibition explores migration, displacement and the search for belonging