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Three questions we must answer for global security

New book exposes the daunting picture for our climate and beyond – but there are signs for hope

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Dark Arts Dispatch: Corporate capture, utilisation and storage

Plus, a Labour donor wins big on government contracts, a would-be MP fails upwards and the smoking lobby returns

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How men became the hidden victims of military sexual abuse

Veterans tell how Armed Forces’ culture of abuse often starts with initiation ceremonies featuring sexual assault

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Caught in the net: how migration became a criminal offence

New series: UK and EU governments are targeting people crossing borders in the name of ‘counter-smuggling’

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We saved lives at sea. So why did Italy detain our boat?

We were fined and our boat blocked after we rescued 114 people. It’s a political campaign to make movement illegal

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Why the UK must recognise military sexual trauma

Veterans need someone to say ‘I believe you’ too. That's why I'm fighting to expose military sexual trauma

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Will Labour’s new budget finally deliver for women?

If Rachel Reeves really wants to make a difference to women’s lives this week, she must invest in public services

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Seasonal worker visa puts migrants at risk on UK farms

Don’t be fooled: the UK’s seasonal worker visa for migrant labourers is not a ‘safe route’

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Children prosecuted as adult ‘smugglers’ in UK, Italy, Greece

Governments are locking teenagers up in a bid to catch smugglers – and failing vulnerable kids in the process

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Labour let down Disabled children with its budget

The £1bn Reeves promised for SEND isn't enough to ensure all children have an equal chance at life

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Buffer Zones are in, but the UK pro-abortion movement cannot rest

Undercover in an anti-abortion group, I discovered the ideology and influence behind the now-banned clinic protests

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Readers’ thoughts: US elections, Universal Basic Income and Labour budget

Would your government ever establish a universal income? And where does Kamala Harris stand on Gaza?

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It's time for a welfare revolution in the UK

Basic income and services would reimagine welfare, our leaders just need the courage try something new

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Put the whole government to work rebuilding Britain

It’s going to take all departments pulling together to get this country back on track

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Does Labour dare to renew the welfare state?

The 1945 Labour Manifesto was a startling feat of political imagination. Does Starmer have the courage to go big again?

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Labour’s new budget fails survivors of domestic abuse

Rachel Reeves said she’d work for women – but her new budget doesn’t mention violence against women and girls

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Non-citizen workers still exploited in Israel, despite court ruling

The Israeli Supreme Court banned visas that bind seasonal workers to their employers, but the practice continues

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Will Scotland be the first to guarantee a minimum income?

Imagine a country where nobody’s income falls below a certain floor. Scotland is trying to build just that

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Trump’s win spells disaster for abortion rights

I’ve spent years tracking the far right attack on reproductive rights. Here’s what Trump’s win means for abortion.

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Greece accused me of espionage. I was helping people they'd violated

I supported people who’d been violently pushed back from Greece to Turkey – and was accused of being a criminal spy

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