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Millions of households are exposed to materials in upholstered furniture that can release dangerous fumes when they burn The UK is still using extremely outdated furniture fire safety rules, putting...
Research suggests fewer than one in 60 public sector workers share leave with partners when they have a baby Why shared parental leave is a monumental dud of a policy Experts have criticised a “lost...
Exclusive: Planners behind postwar new towns hit out at government over lack of ambition and commitment to social housing Senior planners involved in building the country’s postwar new towns have...
The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown Was this the year that British democracy as we have known it...
Life goes on in a vibrant Greater Manchester neighbourhood after a plan for an attack was thwarted “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat,” Andrew Walters said. It is an old Jewish joke...
Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum. And there’s the issue that things may get worse before they get better Continue reading...
New protections for hares, and more humane conditions on farms, should be welcomed by all Looking after wildlife and improving the lives of farm animals and pets are the related but distinct aims of...
Effective challenge to the alarming rise of far-right, anti-migrant politics starts with the grassroots Austerity, cost of living pressures and a chronic lack of investment have damaged the physical...
Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs When Keir Starmer stood on the Labour conference stage in 2018 and defied Jeremy Corbyn...
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so Warning. This column contains good news,...
The art activists made headlines during the US president’s state visit when they shocked the waiting media with a short documentary – and were quickly arrested When Donald Trump’s second state visit...
All the incentives in Westminster politics militate against confronting difficult issues, but a failing government may as well try honesty The formula for stable government, according to Britain’s...
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